Sun’s reflection on the surface
The transient beings in Wardha Shabbir’s work are engulfed in a thick wall of thriving foliage. These celestial bodies have industrial patterns, mecha [...]
Copper, steel, iron, silver, 1080 – 666
“Copper, Steel, Iron, Silver, 1080 – 666” opened on Tuesday 13 July 2021 at Koel Gallery and continued to run till 28 July 2021. What first grasped my [...]
Encounters with the Miniature in Pakistan: A Train of Thought
It was 2009 when I was first introduced to the Neo-Miniature in Pakistan. I was a first year student at Brandeis University, and enrolled in Introduct [...]
Tazeen Qayyum: The Anatomy of Discomfort
There is a price to pay for apathy. One thinks of poor Gregor in Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’, who wakes up as a giant cockroach, unable to act and eventua [...]
Perspectives
Perspectives- An Exploration of Pursuits in Photography is a four-person exhibition hosted by VM Art Gallery, Karachi. Each artist being showcased ha [...]
Upon healing: Collaboration with Qinza Najm
"I was so traumatized last year. You have no idea." Qinza Najm said as we were sitting outdoors at a busy restaurant in Miami Beach with our [...]
Aesthetic Innovations
A postcolonial nation like Pakistan encompasses the viewpoints and ideologies of various historically marginalized groups, who find a means for self-e [...]