Bridging differences through art
ISLAMABAD: For art lovers, it was no less a treat to be at National Art Gallery, where paintings, sculptures, posters and pen and pencil work was exhibited.
The exhibition was part of the celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of Rohtas Art Gallery.
The art gallery managed to put 160 art pieces by 64 artists from Pakistan and aboard on the walls of the gallery.
Brazilian Ambassador Alfredo Leoni inaugurated the exhibition while Naeem Pasha, gallery founder and architect, Quddus Mirza, curator of Rohtas Art Gallery, Saleema Hashmi and a large number of diplomats and art lovers attended the function.
Rohtas Gallery opened its doors in 1981. It was the height of General Ziaul Haq’s martial law when Rohtas Gallery opened in Islamabad to offer space for progressive thought, to nurture creativity and celebrate art and culture.
Naeem Pasha, architect and gallery founder, along with a group of friends that included, Shoaib and Salima Hashmi, Ahmed Khan and Zahoorul Akhlaq, held a brainstorming session to decide a vision for the gallery.
They decided it would be a modern contemporary art gallery primarily presenting the works of Pakistani artists, dedicated to creativity and artistic excellence.
Since that time, the gallery has become synonymous with innovative, non-conventional expression.