The Cloth Does Not Make the Monk
In Autumn 2014, London’s exhibition scene has been invaded by established, mature German artists. Sigmar Polke at Tate Modern, Anselm Kiefer at the Ro [...]
Sobia Ahmed: Who is Afraid of Green
Sobia Ahmed showcased a powerful collection of works at Khaas Gallery in November. Two themes were evident through her work, that of environmentalism [...]
Salman Toor: Around the Bourgeois
Lower, middle and upper: Pakistan’s distinct and jarring class divides. Living in this striated society, most individuals within these cultural tiers [...]
Grains of Sand: A Spiritual Journey
'Grains of Sand' is a voguish exhibition that recently opened at the Satrang Gallery in Islamabad. Showcasing the work of six essential artists, Moham [...]
A Pilgrimage with Porcelain
Conversing with Sheherezade Alam, one gets a sense that like other studio ceramists in the country, there is a fair bit of struggle involved in making [...]
Jalal Uddin Ahmed
Jalal Uddin Ahmed was born in Lucknow in 1925. He graduated with Honors in 1945 with a Masters in English Literature and started teaching soon after, [...]
EDITORIAL
Jorge Luis Borges in his essay Kafka and His Precursors points out that Kafka has not only inspired writers after him, but he influenced writers befor [...]
Inspiration: A Means to an End?
In the contemporary context, inspiration or the phenomenon of being inspired has become linked with stories of artistic, literary or scientific breakt [...]
Farewell to Imran Mir
Imran Mir was a unique person and painter in the world of Pakistani art. Not many artists in our surroundings have opted for abstract imagery, but if [...]
Inspiration: Divine Intervention or Colloquial Exchange
Four young artists have been approached for this interview, whose works emerge from personal narratives investigating personal, social and cultural id [...]