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CAREER IN ART:Contemporising the past
Prem Chowdhry’s paintings have a deep sense of angst in the esoteric narrative mingling myth with reality. The collective theme of her work encapsulates the place of women in South Asian society, writes Marjorie Hussain...
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POP ART: Soft images — harsh realities
 Soft sculpture, stitched, stuffed, plaited, knitted or meshed is a post modern variant of the traditional sculptural genre. The unconventional expression enjoys currency abroad but has only just begun to reveal itself here and young artist Ruby Chisti is perhaps among its most eloquent exponents....
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INTERVIEW: Ather Jamal answers his critics
 “Every artist has his favourite medium. I feel that I can express myself with ease through watercolours even though it’s a difficult medium in more ways than one, says Ather Jamal, Well known water colourist Ather Jamal, 56, and his painter-wife Mahtab Amar have set up an art gallery in Zamzama, Karachi which was their dream project for years....
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FLASH BACK: Young girls and A R Chughtai
 It appears that like every artist Chughtai was also interested in young girls. Though his point of view was different, and he considered them as the manifestation of innocence, purity and beauty. Young girls, painted by him, were sweet, idealised and imaginary, yet at the same instant these reflected the aesthetics of his time and the taste of the painter.....
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GLOBE TROTTER: Another masterpiece by I M Pei
 Recently, I was in China for two months, spending most of my time in Suzhou — a gorgeous water town next door to Shanghai — that’s been called the ‘Venice of the East’. It is an ancient city, known for its canals and gardens, with a history that dates back 2,500 years.....
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COLUMN ART: Art of popular interface
 ‘Tourist Art’, as a true child of the phenomenon of art commoditisation exists on the fringe of the art universe but strikes an emotive cord with the people who consume it, A simplistic definition of Tourist Art would be ‘souvenir art’ as its patronage is prompted by a desire to carry back a part of the local culture by the visitor.....
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