Pakistan Art

Ayesha Siddiqui: Let the Unsaid Remain Unsaid

It was a beautiful, breezy evening. On the way to the sandy Sea View stands Koel Art Gallery, one of the most ideal and aspiring art galleries in Pakistan, art connoisseurs as well as artists and painters were seen making a beeline to the art show at Koel. Inside, art enthusiasts crowding the place were expressing much enthusiasm at the display of paintings. Some looked really excited, others had put up a serene mask. The paintings on display were created by Ayesha Siddiqui, a young contemporary artist. Her mix-media paintings on canvas and paper, large and small abstract paintings were impressive and interesting. Their vibrant compositions and vivid colours were dynamic....more

 

Iqbal and Sadequain A Confluence of the Arts and Literature

Iqbal is considered one of the preeminent scholars of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. He has in fact been called the most serious Muslim writer, poet, and philosopher of modem times and has been held in high esteem by his admirers around the globe ...more

Barefoot Art Exhibition in Sri Lanka

Four decades back, Barbara Sanoni learned to design cloth for young Sri Lankan women who had little education. Learning to weave was part of their rehabilitation program me. Today, Barbara Sansoni-Lewcock is an internationally ...more

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  • Exhibition Review - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
    A strange heavy silence hangs over the twenty-one canons, as the viewer walks into them at the joint exhibition 'When the Land Escapes' of Aamir Habib and Taqi Shaheen at the Koel art gallery. Grey, sedate and somber, they surround him and are pointed at him, whether accusing or attacking him is ambiguous. ...more

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