Islamabad: An exhibition of artworks by two artists reflecting their childhood memories, their attachment with belongings, the pain of displacement and emotions opened at the Nomad Gallery on Wednesday.
The artworks by Ayesha Hassan revolve around deconstructing and recreating characters in fairy tales.
A mile in their Shoe is a series done in pen and markers on wasli with red symbolising struggle and hope.
The Little Red Riding Hood is about the never ending fight between good and evil, greed and hope and second chances.
She builds stories around existing ones to change the perspective of the viewer who has lived growing up with these tales.
“I use my mediums to create a little nostalgia and a little whimsy,” she said.
The Gentle Wolf is done in pen and markers on wasli and tracing paper. The artist has tried to explain that our problem always travel with us, as she has shown in Transcendence.
Emerging artist Fizza Siddique’s work revolves around the belongings of children such as their toys and bed. Playfulness and happiness are characteristics of her subject. She uses paper origami-like birds showing the fragility of a child.
Ms Siddique has tried to depict the connection between migration and human suffering and hope.
In Unfold Connection done in mixed media and paper collage she has shown the connection of pain and happiness, the survival of innocents.