Category: Reviews
Love It or Hate It
There is an old saying that opposites attract. Imran Muddasar’s exhibition Love or Hate at Rohtas II explicates with the relationship of opposing or c [...]
Kit and Kaboodle
The last show of the season for Khaas Gallery Islamabad is “Kit and Kaboodle”, a two-person show, presenting the latest works of Saima Ali, miniature [...]
Renewing Passports
Shhhh… listen close, you’ll be able to sense the arousing sound of cultural consciousness. And what is this cultural consciousness? I’m aware as a Pak [...]
Things That Appear: Imrana Tanveer and Yasir Azeem
Khaas Gallery recently showcased the works of two young artists, Imrana Tanveer and Yasir Azeem. At first glance the works seem quite opposite to one [...]
Book Review – Rasheed Araeen: To the West With Love
The book The Triumph of Icarus is a compilation of essays based on the “Life and Arts of Rasheed Araeen.” Araeen is a renowned London-based artist, or [...]
Miniature Paintings
Miniature painting is one of the few vehicles of Indo-Pak art forms that makes it into the western imagination. As culturally misapplied as it is, the [...]
When I Wake Up In The Morning
A recent exhibition of two well established artists, Nurayah Sheikh and Rabeya Jalil, drew upon original reserves of personal struggles, discoveries a [...]
Displacement Anxieties
Too often we underestimate the power of place in our lives. The sense of belonging it evokes at times and alienation at others. The concept of displac [...]
Reverberating Sounds Echo Through the Desert
Identity has an impact on politics, economy, culture and the arts. The Sindh art show at Koel Gallery piqued this experience for many. It refreshed th [...]
Basir Mahmood: Three Works
Basir Mahmood, a graduate of the Beaconhouse National University, is the most recent graduate of a slew of now internationally-known Pakistani artists [...]