KARACHI: During World War II, a famous Hollywood film studio known for popularising certain cartoon characters made propaganda movies for the US army. Apart from that, cartoon masks were designed as a measure to save the civilians from chemical warfare. This prompted some artists to depict the situation through their artwork. Some succeeded, some did not.

Artist Syed Faraz Ali in an exhibition of his latest sculptures titled Darkhuast Bara-i-Indiraj, which is under way at the Art Chowk Gallery, has used the concept with tremendous effect and has in fact gone a step ahead. His artworks touch on the current theme of the US invasion in Afghanistan and the war that raged on after the ghastly 9/11 attacks.

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