The twenty first century witnesses’ significant expansion in the study of human cognition, encompassing psychology and linguistics as interdisciplinary spheres of cognitive science; shedding light on the intricate mechanisms that underlie the processing of information, revealing how our minds decode…
Moeen Faruqi is an artist-storyteller. His work in Continuum may be seen as the latest volume in a series of recurring tales that serve as pictorial windows into his psyche. The decidedly expressionist style and whimsical content of Faruqi’s painting…
The expression “alternative space” has been used since the early 1970s. It was coined by Brian O’ Doherty, a conceptual artist also known under the name of Patrick Ireland. 1 In view, there is something deeply fascinating yet unnerving about…
Acclaimed Pakistani Artist Rasheed Araeen, best known for his contemporary sculptural lattices, exhibited simultaneously and consecutively in three different locations in London in the month of July 2023 including the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The other two sites, at…
Tazeen Qayyum is a contemporary neo-miniaturist trained from National College of Arts (NCA) primarily in the South Asian and Persian techniques of painting. She is a Canadian Pakistani artist who has received many critical reviews in prestigious issues, such as…
Even with over a decade of prolific exploration in both medium and content behind her, the spirit of Wardha Shabbir's contemporary art practice remains embedded in the aesthetics and ethos of miniature painting and her enduring inquiry into the nature…
The knives are out, but this time Muzzumil Ruheel wants to have the last word (pun intended): The title of Muzummil Ruheel’s latest body of work, Choose Your Words Carefully, is an embodiment of this overarching sentiment. The choice of…
Iona Fergusson and Numair A. Abbasi respond to photographer Wendy Marijnissen’s book Always the Guest. Dislocating photography from the narrative of representation both writers present the readers with multiple viewpoints to engage with her works while sparking a conversation on…
Iona Fergusson and Numair A. Abbasi respond to photographer Wendy Marijnissen’s book Always the Guest. Dislocating photography from the narrative of representation both writers present the readers with multiple viewpoints to engage with her works while sparking a conversation on…
Companion of insomnia and isolation, site of sleep and dreams, communion with the divine and the unknown—the night is both a conclusion and adventure. Curated by Mallika Rangoonwala, Let There be Night had seven artists' responses to our experience of…