Art students explore ‘the real and the double’ in new exhibition
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition titled The Real and its Double, featuring 34 works of art by 30 art students from both campuses of the National College of Arts (NCA) opened at the French embassy on Wednesday to mark the French National Day.
The exhibition was inaugurated by French Ambassador Dr Marc Barety, who said the concept of the exhibition had come from French philosopher Clement Rosset, who showed that everyone sees double and it is much easier to complicate one’s life than to see what is in front of oneself.
“By accepting the real you generate your own wisdom. Mankind has always tended to discover something real and in this exhibition we must pay tribute to the artists who have portrayed the relationship between the real and the double,” he said.
The exhibition was curated by Fatima Hussain and Imran Ahmad. The participating artists were asked to respond to Rosset’s take on reality and humanity’s ability to sidestep or bypass it.
The exhibiting artists include Aimen Manzoor, Aliza Shah, Ali Hamza, Arslan Awais, Ayman Qamar, Eman Fatima, Farkhanda Ashraf, Faryal Yazdanie, Feroza Hakeem, Hafsa Faryal, Hassan Furqan Faiq, Hina Asghar, Iftikhar Khan, Kainat Altaf, Khushbakht Islam, Laraib Ahmad, Mubashar Iqbal, Mohammad Mohsin Attiq, Mohammad Asad Mir, Muneeb Faraz, Nafia Batool, Nisaa Saeed Raja, Numaira Javaid Butt, Sawera Jahan, Syeda Sara Haider, Waseem Akram Solangi, Wajiha Batool, Yaseen Khan, Zahra Ishaq and Zainab Najeeb.