ARTISTSWORK: Questioning Past Associations
In both Marium Irfan and Muhammad Atif Khan’s works one finds boldness in the aspect of new media and a challenging of traditions as well as a revitalisation of communication, writes...
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COLUMNART: Reviewing Art Standards
This is the age where cultural norms are being redefined recurrently. It has become extremely challenging to pursue professions and interests, keeping pace with style while at the same time tracking innovations and inventions which dictate lifestyle decisions....
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ARTFIEND: Floating Prayers
With several successful solo and group shows in Pakistan and Europe to her credit, Islamabad-based Humera mounted a solo show titled ‘Sacred spectra’ in Karachi recently. Her 37 paintings on exhibit at the Indus Gallery are imaginative portraits....
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COLLECTOR’S CHOICE: Poetic Paintings
In 1971 there was a second partition in the Subcontinent as Pakistan lost its eastern wing. The military-dominated Pakistan establishment reacted strongly, harshly and even stupidly to the breakup of Pakistan which came in less than 25 years of its existence....
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FOTOGENIC: Let’s Make This Century Ours
Got a great photo you’d like to share with us? We’d love to see it, so email it to gallery.dawn@gmail.com along with your name, where you live and some brief details about the picture....
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CAREER IN ART: Realism Today
Young Sana Arjumand’s recent solo ‘The bold and the beautiful’, on show at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, charts her aesthetic progression within the faux naïf style so characteristic of her oeuvre....
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CRITICAL SPACE: The Clay As Teacher
Almost two decades ago Sheherezade Alam, the acclaimed ceramist, told me “the clay is my teacher” before she went on to acknowledge its vast influence on her life....
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