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…
Entering the gallery space, two things draw one’s attention instantaneously: the soulful voice that sings in the background, and the vibrant colors of the textiles suspended from the ceiling. More details unpack once the initial impact is absorbed. Silverware, porcelain…
Mussarat Mirza’s academic pursuit in Fine Arts has transitioned into a series of lived experiences within her art practice. Over the decades she has translated these moments of poignant observation of her environment into painterly visualizations using structured drawing, weighted…
The geomorphological and organic development of the late fifties was soon to be replaced by the incongruous and inept nature of urban public policy in many significant and heavily populated areas of Karachi. The gradual socio-economic changes of later decades…
What makes painting modern? Is it abstraction, or is it about depicting the modern world, or an amalgam of the two? ‘Intense’, ‘critical’, ‘breaking with tradition’ and ‘avant-garde’, these are phrases used to describe modern art often. Zainab Zulfiqar and…
Walking past a bustling Koel Café, you traverse through a small quaint alley adorned with lush foliage which opens into a courtyard where you are greeted by the wooden doors of the Koel Gallery. While reminiscing about my visit, I…