Unveiling The Irony: Deconstructing Hyper Consumerism And Elitism In Contemporary Art

Ejaz Art Gallery’s latest display titled “Elsewhere” features work by six fresh graduates from NCA – Adnan Ali Umrani, Arghawan Hanif, Imran Gul, Maha Omer, Moin Rehman and Muhammad Reza Khan. I had the chance to interview them for their thesis display as well, so it was refreshing to see many of their new pieces on display. […]

An ode to the ordinary

Casim Mahmood represents the often forgotten/ ignored human beings in his sculptures and paintings. Like many other articles of human need, shoes assume their owners’ identity. The way these are polished, cleaned, treated (heels rubbing away on a certain side/ angle), the person’s choice in style, colour, material, as well as his/ her purchasing power […]

‘Memories Of Japan’: Shahid Jalal’s Magnificent Last Lap

A glimpse of Japan’s manicured beauty captured by Shahid Jalal in his paintings currently on show in Lahore feels like a farewell letter from him to his love for painting gardens and nature. The thrilling colours of each piece masterfully bring together elements of symmetry, perspective, and effortless control of strokes and direction of paint. […]

A survey of cryptographically signed artefacts

NFT +92 was a timely exhibition of a few minted works for only two days, curated by a crucial diaspora artist and creative director, Saks Afridi In The Meaning of Things, published in 2001, AC Grayling writes about a qualitative survey conducted once to discover what teenagers and the youth thought about museums and art […]

Unleashing Creativity: Maliha Azami Aga’s “High Voltage” Solo Show

Art has the power to transcend boundaries, to take us on journeys beyond the realms of the tangible. In her upcoming solo exhibition, “High Voltage,” Maliha Azami Aga invites us to step into a world where imagination sparks to life with every stroke of the brush. A Fusion of Reality and Imagination In the words […]