Our own urban hero
Having known Arif Hasan closely for over twenty years, I knew he had trained as an architect, but given up a highly successful practice to immerse himself in the areas of technology and development, architectural and planning...
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Screening Balochistan
Showing his work at Karachi’s V.M. Gallery at an exhibition that opens on Friday, April 4, Akram Dost Baloch is of the opinion that works of art must convey a message,...
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Class of eight
It may be claimed so, but reality cannot be perceived objectively. Human beings look at their surroundings through their desires and conditioning. A similar situation prevails when assessing art institutions in Pakistan....
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Art for change?
An unusual exhibition of mixed-media panels titled Women who don’t exist was one of the many functions organized at the Nomad Centre and Art Gallery to commemorate International Women’s Day in...
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Searching for truth
In a major exhibition of sculpture and his first solo exhibition to date, Abdul Jabbar Gull shows a large body of work at the Canvas Gallery. Carving directly in wood Gull...
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Identity and synthesis
Today an interest in political, economic and social implications of art has in a large measure replaced the earlier interest in matters of style, authenticity and quality. Contemporary interest seems to...
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