Last year, I visited ‘The Haveli Museum’ in Karachi, where the exhibition The Coat of Many Colours displayed textile-based crafts from Sindh. These objects included bujhki1, coverlets, and posh2, among several others. Observing these items stirred a quiet nostalgia for…
In the ever-evolving terrain of contemporary South Asian art, the work of Ghulam Mohammad also known as GM, emerges as a meditative and materially intricate inspection of language, identity, and memory. A recipient of the prestigious Jameel Art Prize in…
About two decades ago, during a visit to India, I found myself at an emporium in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The space was alive with colour and devotion—walls adorned with Pichwais and other forms of Krishna-inspired devotional art, while artisans worked in…