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…
Affan Baghpati’s sculptural explorations have evolved into a spectacle of multiplicities revealing an interplay of associations and the artist's craftsmanship in forging relationships welded together through a series of found objects. He carefully manipulates these materials emphasizing the nature of…
The self and its elusive states of autonomy frantically held within an unfolding monolith— a labyrinth of hierarchies neatly stacked upon one another, some in paradox, some in conflict, others in reparation. The nature of hierarchy is especially potent as…
Adeel uz Zafar’s show Unrealized aims to capture the narrative of the unfinished, the forgotten, and the discreet through the musings, and behind-the-scenes of an artist at work. This secret playroom tucked away in a wonderworld of its own ‘Third…
Adapting to a global lockdown in 2019 heralded a shift in the way people lived their lives. People changed their lifestyle, environment and routines. Attempting to return to normalcy after lockdowns and isolation was a challenge. Things could no longer…
Stuff. Everywhere the eye goes, there is a plethora of ‘stuff’. Gleaming and lucratively packaged in mammoth shopping malls, hoarded up in our home-stores and attics, or trashed on our streets, all types of stuff is ubiquitous now. We are…
In the digital age, the use of technology opens numerous possibilities of disseminating ideas, art and culture to audiences very quickly and effectively. With the onset of the pandemic, the shift to digital technologies was evidenced in the art industry,…
Home does not necessarily constitute a geographical space; it can also be deemed an emotion that we as humans carry with us in our peripatetic journey of life. An emotion that we attach to materiality in pursuit of creating our…
Saba Qizilbash’s solo presentation Hundred Years a Jackal at Dastaangoi Gallery interprets the structures of indigenous identity, and investigates shared ancestral histories through a critical lens of decolonisation. Her practice reclaims a plethora of cultural, architectural and topographical identifiers of…