Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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Shaman showman
 Izdeyar Setna’s exhibition of photographs, ‘Dream Catchers’ at Canvas Gallery, Karachi bends the eye, but not quite the mind. Hallucinatory visions fleet through the frames of what are digital paintings, really,...
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Revitalising the past
 The annual launch of the Merck Calendar in Karachi has become a much anticipated art event in the city. Propagating various aspects of Pakistan’s art and culture, the calendar is widely distributed and received with interest....
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Mantras of freedom
 With the debate raging about freedom around us, it is important to pause for a moment to understand what freedom should means to all of us? The dictionary in its definition puts first, personal freedom, non-slavery and independence....
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Going places
 Literally ‘going places’ now, the scramble for contemporary Pakistani art is escalating and a considerable amount of work, especially by young artists, is being shown abroad in groups and solo shows....
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Life at random
 In an age when all the causes ‘worth fighting for’ have been exhausted, the concerns of today’s artists is no longer such — now it is more centred around the survival...
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Said and unsaid
 There stands a solitary female figure; in another perspective she seems to be either an invisible entity or has blended into her surroundings; in still another, she is praying and in yet another, she dons a burqa without the face veil....
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The artist and the goddess
 Despite the fast-paced transformation that art in Pakistan is going through, the central presence of the female form has been largely retained. It is fascinating to see how the female figure...
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An exquisite collection
 A visit to the exhibition, ‘Spirit and Life’, at the Ismaili Centre in London earlier this year was an educational experience and one that highlighted the importance accorded to art and culture in Islamic civilisations through the ages....
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