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| April 12, 2003 | Saturday | Safar 9, 1424 |
War is a human failure, says HRCP chief
ISLAMABAD, April 11: War is a “human failure”, and there are no winners as all that remains behind is destruction of people, property, material and land, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairman Afrasiab Khattak said.
He was inaugurating an exhibition of artwork, titled War Against War, which opened on Friday at Hunerkada Art Gallery.
Mr Khattak appreciated the exhibits and paid tribute to the “sensitive and creative” artists who continuously contributed to life with their comments, opinions and suggestions.
He discussed the current political and social scenario and applauded all artists who were doing a social service to safeguard true values in the society. He said anyone working in this environment, doing this kind of work, was commendable.
The purpose of the event was to gather artists and students from Islamabad and Lahore so they could voice their concern over the current situation in Iraq.
The work put on display was a collection of paintings in various mediums, digital posters, installations. A performance was also arranged on the occasion. Each artist has a unique way of portraying a common theme — distress over the futile and dreadful war launched by US and allied forces on Iraq and the way it affects innocent civilians.
Ikram Suleri, with delightful optimism, believes that they can unite all the nations in the world by bringing together children from different cultures, religions and races. Explaining his concept, he said: “All the children of the world are the same; they are not differentiated by colour, race, nationality or religion”. He communicates his idea by showing innocent children from all over the world merging into one.
A number of pieces had been done in collage with images of war torn from newspapers. There were paintings done on large scales by Farina and Noshi, expressing their concern over the loss of lives and displacement of people in times of war. One of the installations constructed by Jamal Shah was a model of oil rigs with American and British flags.
Earlier, students presented a performance related to this piece of art by acting like the civilians of Iraq who were injured, hungry and in despair.— Atiya Hasan
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