In lieu of the growing and expansive culture of product (and profit)-making, it can be argued that the postmodern experience of consumerism for the average individual is increasingly becoming a manufactured necessity. Consumers are inevitably confronted with mass-produced goods that…
The Rebirth of Tollington Market as a Museum Author: Samina Shah Originally published in NuktaArt, 2nd issue, January 2006 Cover Design: Sabiha Mohammad Imani Source of inspiration: Installation by Amin Gulgee and Painting by A.P.Santhanaraj, Rural Scape (detail) In living…
Notes from a Familiar Space is a presentation of works by five artists— Bushra Anis, Filza Baloch, Manahil Khurram, Samra Mansoor and Zahabia Khozema— in conversation with Fazal Rizvi. The works negotiate with the ambivalence of dormant and awake spaces…
Rituals are central to family life. They improve the holidays because they amplify the closeness of the family and their involvement in the experience. It is also associated with a greater sense of enjoyment. Holidays are frequent opportunities for a…
Afshar Malik’s paintings are seductive microcosms of pattern and color. You are lured in by the prismatic colors and then held captive by the characters that inhabit this playfully composed world. His recent show at Canvas Gallery titled The Garden…
It can be said that human civilization truly began when the first people began to settle down as communities along the rivers during the Neolithic period. To truly comprehend the amount of change and development that has happened since then…
Museum and the City - From Temple of the Muses to the Bazaar of Story Tellers Author: Gulzar Haider Originally published in NuktaArt, 2nd issue, January 2006 Cover Design: Sabiha Mohammad Imani Source of inspiration: Installation by Amin Gulgee and…
The countries from the Asia- Pacific Region that participated in the recent online UNESCO Regional Consultation Mondiacult 2022 were mostly born in the last eighty years. These relatively young nations, many independent after centuries of colonialism, have been reclaiming their…
“If Pakistani cities were caricatures, most would be easy to draw. Lahore is corpulent and languid, stretched out in a shalwar kameez, twirling its moustache over a greasy breakfast. Islamabad cuts a more clipped figure, holding court in a gilded…
Discussing the art of Aisha Khalid is no simple task; it requires a navigation of dualities and multiplicities, and a reigning in of ideas spread across a conceptual, disciplinary and methodological expanse. Her layered socio-political commentary responds to her experiences…