Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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Impressions of Pakistan
 There are a number of outstanding artists who depict nature and their surroundings with the unique innovation of their own passion and vision. Wanting to share this individuality outside as well as inside the country,...
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An imaginative ceramist
 Having last exhibited in Karachi in the year 2000 young ceramist Salman Ikram returned to the city recently with a fresh collection. Small scaled delicate forms, keen attention to detail and...
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Comprehending art
 Our first response to art is usually retinal as we absorb the physical qualities of the work mainly through its colour, form and spatial configuration. This is read in the framework of our experience and knowledge of the art form....
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Imagination unshackled
 Children have such a limitless imagination. If its expression is encouraged and allowed full reign, their creations can take you by surprise. Nowhere is this truer than in the field of visual art....
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The story of ancient Faience
 For want of a more appropriate term, faience is the name given by archaeologists to glass and earthenware that was manufactured in Egypt and the Middle East more than four thousand years ago....
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A sculptor of many moods
 Sculpture found in prehistoric caves dating back to 30,000 BC, are witness to mankind’s fascination with three dimensional form. Though the history of sculpture in the region of Pakistan is historically...
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Self-taught artists
 Like me, Humayun Talat lives in Islamabad, though we rarely meet. Usually it is at some function connected with art and artist where we have both gone as guests....
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Risky business
Finally the most splendid ceiling any building ever had across the world, has been restored at the Shish Mahal, the jewel of the 17th century Lahore Fort....
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The Digital darkroom
A string of lectures and talk shows accompanying Farah Mahbub’s photography exhibition ‘Ethereal Echoes’ at VM Gallery were well attended gatherings, largely by the student body of local art colleges and schools....
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