Sculptures, paintings depict life in various cultures
ISLAMABAD: Husband-wife duo Tariq Kakar and Natalia Boichenko-Tariq on Monday presented an exhibition of sculptures and paintings depicting life in the many cultures they have lived in. The show was hosted by the Ukrainian embassy.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ambassador of Ukraine Volodymyr Lakomov said: “Tariq is a monument sculptor and as you know the Soviet Union was famous for its monuments with the huge sculptures of Lenin and warriors and so on.
“Tariq added a lot of Pakistani spirit and his own feelings to his work. His monumentalist figures are as if they are alive.
“They have a very special human touch. His wife, Madame Natalia is doing very fine paintings representing the various cultures she belongs to, the Ukrainian culture, the Moldavian culture and the Pakistani culture.”
Mr Kakar had brought a diverse collection of bronze and brass three dimensional and relief sculptures with a few pieces in fibre glass and aluminium.
“I normally make realistic sculptures, large monuments of 20, 30 feet in steel, copper and brass,” he said.
Many of his pieces in the collection on display were stylized and realistic representations of horses and camels although the human form too had found expression.