The Art of Choosing Well
Madiha Sikander
Mahmil Masood Bawany. Untitled. Polythene and thread.
It is interesting how each subsequent thesis show carves an institution’s acce [...]
Amra Ali: Taking a Leap of Faith
HH: The proposal is found in the absence of a project brief. In your curatorial concept you mention that this ‘Leap of Faith’ may be misplaced and mis [...]
Sana Arjumand: Peeling Away the Layers
Sana Arjumand’s studio is light-filled. It hits you as you climb the stairs from her house to the top storey where she works. Light floods the place t [...]
Items of Re-Use
It has become quite unavoidable for artists in Karachi to express their griefon the status quo and aestheticize their concerns over the current chaosa [...]
NCA Theises Preview
Not much is astir at 11 a.m inside thesis studios at the National College of Arts. Don’t be fooled though because nesting sites as clearly marked by t [...]
The “reluctant” Pakistanis
The Seven artists of “Celebrating Seven” currently showing at Rothas Gallery, Islamabad, are Alia Bilgrami, SalimaHashmi, NadyaHussain, Naiza Khan, Af [...]
Pondering the Problems and Potentials of Educating the Artist(-Teacher) in Pakistan
Pakistan has a powerful tradition of fine arts education that began more than a hundred years ago with the establishment of art schools in Colonial In [...]