Karachi's art scene presented some
rich and vibrant canvases of local artists and also
those coming in from other cities. Most of the art
galleries remained busy mounting new shows regularly.
The many faces of art
By Mohsin S. Jaffri
At Ocean Art Gallery
A play with colours
Azra Fatimi chose to display her work
at Ocean Art Gallery, Clifton, a semi commercial outlet
plus an art gallery. She was displaying some 20
paintings, all in abstract made up of 'all bright and
beautiful" colours. In a colour packed composition,
in acrylic and with flat shapes and sizes, some canvases
projected moving colours and reflected a sense of
balance.
The artist, in her statement talks
about society and art and the intricacies of life. She
has this way of communicating with her canvases.
The exhibition was inaugurated by
Syed Mahmood Hashmi, CE, Orient Advertising, very much
into art and culture and social events. He not only
appreciates all these happenings but at times
participates and helps organise such events.
At VM Art Gallery
A cultural snapshot
This was an interesting setting and a
beautiful installation. 60x60 seconds in fact gets the
name from 'sixty one –minute' films made by some
twenty artists and film makers from three countries. The
artists from Britain, India and Pakistan, in a
collaborative mood managed to get together and produced
highly moving shots well thought off, filmed with the
subject in mind. The films deal with the complexities of
issues, cultures, migration, nationality and the
dividing lines.
It was something to watch, think and
try to see the inside – the meaning and depth – some
abstract issues, sensual and provocative with a meaning,
defining human emotions and relationship - various other
issues and elements. The whole set up was deeply
thought-off taking concerned aspects of life and
designed and presented by artists and their sense of
vision.
At KSA Art Gallery
Images conversing
Newly opened and well organised KSA
Art Gallery in fact is situated within the school
building where the environment is highly artistic and
appreciative. This is a fine place for holding art
exhibitions as it provides art within art and among
artists of all calibre especially the ones learning to
be one.
After a great success of
"Sentiments" an exhibition based on the works
of some senior artists, the second one, 'Its all about
Image' an exhibition of photography. In today's world,
with technology taking over our lives, it is difficult
to imagine that it's the man behind a camera that can
make the difference to the camera capturing images,
Here, one needs to grasp the environment, the object,
the central theme before an artistic image may be
captured. At the same time, an image may be worked with
and played around for the artists to fuse it with images
in their own minds. Some seven artists, Imran Mohammad,
Yawar Abbas, Kashan Ahmed, Asif Shah, Moeed Ahmed,
Saleem Ansari and Amir Taj participated and received
appreciation.
At Unicorn Gallery
Zest for life
Seemab Arzam Tariq exhibited his
works at Unicorn Gallery. Here is an artist who mixes
his words and reflects the same in his paintings. A
stylist painter produces images resembling more than one
thing and a style that defines lines, figures and bright
colours, He dwells in abstract yet finds and produces
meanings on his canvases. Although, the shapes, lines
and motifs are very much intermingled, the clarity, as
an overall image is obvious.
