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Painting from experience
 I want to paint huge murals. This is possibly my last exhibition in Karachi because I plan to stay in one place and work for six months on one piece.” So said Iqbal Hussain at an exhibition of his work shown...
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Winner’s bargain
 Not too far back in time, selling paintings was not exactly a reliable means of earning a living. Attitudes and the environment have changed over the last few years. Yet, this...
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When is a room not a room?
 There was a bit of a fuss at Tate Britain the other day. A woman was hurrying through the large room that houses Lights Going On and Off in a Gallery, Martin Creed’s Turner prize-winning...
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In awe of nature
 Superbly drawn figurative elements emerging from Cubist forms that integrate active and void areas herald a new phase in the work of Mansur Rahi. A collection of the distinguished artist’s paintings,...
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World of dreams
 One goes to an exhibition of paintings by someone who has already carved himself an identity in another medium with a baggage of ideas previously formed. Often not able to shed...
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Primacy of the word
 A fascinating exhibition of Quranic manuscripts at the National Museum in Karachi is an interesting experience in more than one ways. On the one hand, it takes you through an intricate...
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Coming of age
 Abid Khan has come a long way since his first solo exhibition of cityscapes in pastels at the Al-Hamra Gallery in Lahore a couple of years ago. He was then a...
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Town and country
It is often argued that city life corrupts a person as opposed to life in the village, which is characterized by simplicity and purity. “The city’s magic can captivate an individual to the extent that once a newcomer comes and lives here, he would rather die on...
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