The Holy Sinner
Sadequain, undoubtedly one of Pakistan’s most gifted and original painters, is the subject of a definitive, awe-inspiring retrospective exhibition at the Mohatta Palace Museum in Karachi....
Curating Sadequain
“The idea of this one-man show was conceived long ago but began to materialize into reality a few months back,” says Salima Hashmi, co-curator of this extraordinary show. The smaller works...
Reading Sadequain
It is easy to pass by soulless work but art from the heart can accost the viewer, compelling confrontation. The Holy Sinner: Sadequain 1954-1987 is not jut a befitting tribute to...
The man behind the painter
Sadequain’s was a soul that lived in deep anguish; much like the one experienced by a classical mystic or a miserable poet immersed in the eastern tradition. But he was also...