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Women artists put works on display

LAHORE: The fourth annual exhibition of artworks by women painters of Punjab opened at Tollinton Market on The Mall on Tuesday.

The art show has been organised by the Punjab Council of Arts in collaboration with Lahore Museum. A large number of art lovers, students from various art institutions, painters and artists visited the exhibition, which was aimed at promotion of artworks by women artists of Punjab.

Eighty artworks, mostly paintings, by 50 artists from Punjab are on display at the exhibition, which was inaugurated by Parliamentary Secretary on Culture and Youth Affairs Azma Zahid Bokhari. The exhibition also has landscapes, miniatures, still life, ceramics and calligraphy. There is a wide range of mediums: oils, acrylics and watercolour.

About the exhibition, artist Maliha Azmi Agha says: “It is a celebration of what woman is; of many colours and facts that combine to produce this complex being. It is a celebration of life itself. Women need to be recognised for the individuals they are – replete with intellect, talent, sensitivity, courage, beauty and the huge potential to be contributing members of society on a much larger scale than they are given credit for.”

Punjab University College of Art and Design Principal Rahat Naveed Masood said she didn’t want to marginalise herself as a woman artist alone. “I am an artist on a par with men. It is not necessary that women only paint feminine issues, they can paint anything they like.” Loadshedding played havoc with the exhibition as half of the gallery lights had to be switched off because the power supply system was running on a generator.

Artists whose works are on display at the exhibition are Dr Musarrat Hasan, Zubaida Javed, Rahat Naveed Masood, Maliha Azmi Agha, Naila Amir, Saira Dar, Riffat Chughtai, Sumera Jawad, Shehla Farooq, Zarina Khurshid, Farah Khan, Amna Pataudi, Zara David and Dr Shahida Manzoor.

The exhibition will remain open from 10am to 5:30pm daily till April 12.
Source: Dawn
Date:4/7/2010