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Ethos of Bashir Mirza and Ahmed Parvez
 An exuberant blending of opulent shapes and dazzling colour combinations reverberate from the walls of the Indus Gallery, where Ahmed Zoay is exhibiting 25 acrylic paintings on large-scale canvases. The artist’s lush figures are created from sweeping lines...
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The more, the merrier
 The works of more than twenty artists came together in a two-week contemporary art show, Kara’ Art 2002, at the Alliance Francaise de Karachi on April 12. The display offered a...
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Know thy art
 Once in a while a book comes along that really fills a need, and nothing could be more true for Aspects of Art, a textbook of art theory, practice and history...
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Back to the past
 The moment one enters the first room of Alhamra to see the annual — or National, as is written on the catalogue — Exhibition of the Artists’ Association of Punjab, one feels as if one has stepped into last year, the last century....
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Cast in his own mould
 Impressionists changed painting forever by liberating it from subjects derived from literature and myth. Confined studio spaces, secretly guarded techniques and professional models posing in stiff staged atmosphere were replaced by...
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Bold but not so beautiful
 How does one critique an exhibition of drawings focused on the human figure? One looks at the quality of the line, how a few deft calligraphic strokes can quickly capture an...
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Ode to the oldest profession
 “What attracts me in his latest works is the imperceptible line between sorrows and pleasures of the oldest profession — prostitution, a beloved in a prostitute and a prostitute in a...
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A cosy world in a big universe
 Naheed Afridi’s long list of sacred things include: mother, colour, people, sky, evening light, moon, burger, nephews, rainbow, beloved, wedding, love letters, no beginnings and no end... She uses these words...
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