KARACHI: A walk around Huma Mulji’s exhibition titled, ‘The Country of Last Things’ reminds the viewers of the ordinary yet extraordinary lives around us. By and large, the show depicts the lives of sanitary workers, military men’s servants commonly known as ‘batmen’, and the son of a popular baker in Lahore, Karamatuallah. The show is […]
Karachi: Photography can be viewed as presenting what appears to be truth. This moment, frozen in time and recorded on film and paper, presents many challenges. By its very nature, this framed image is problematic. It can be bearer of great untruths by elimination what is outside the frame. Can viewers ever be certain they […]
KARACHI: When you walk into the Koel gallery, you are touched. Young artist Rabeya Jalil’s artworks are emotional and expressive when it comes to comment on social issues. The exhibition, titled ‘Name. Place. Animal. Thing.’ is loud and leaves a powerful impact on the viewer. The works seem to be talking and drawing attention of […]
The artists’ community in Karachi, through the platform of Koel Gallery, has launched a campaign, ‘Pursukoon Karachi’, to reclaim the city. Through various art expressions, the not-for-profit organisation has managed to get more than 200 volunteers on board to create a collective voice against weaponisation, sociopolitical strife and crime. Artists, writers and performers will bring […]
KARACHI: “My work is based on the perception of my home country, Pakistan and the Muslim world at large in the eyes of the West,” said artist Sausan Saulat at the opening of her solo exhibition, ‘This, That and the Other’. The East is too often seen through the narrow lens of terrorism and oppression […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks opens at the Koel gallery on Saturday at 5pm. The participating artists are Ayessha Quraishi, Lala Rukh, Meher Afroz, Mussarat Mirza and Naiza H. Khan. The show titled ‘Intimacy’ will be open till Jan 27, from 11am to 8pm on a daily basis. Dawn
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