Themes Based on Sufi Poetry

Staff Report, "Group exhibition at Nomad Art Gallery: ‘Summer Art Show’ brings out beauty of Eastern culture" - Daily Times - Islamabad, Pakistan
Sunday, August 3, 2008

“The Summer Art Show”, an exhibition of experimental artworks of over 35 established and budding artists, opened on Saturday at Nomad Art Gallery.

Featuring over 150 paintings, the exhibition depicts different aspects of socio-economic and religio-political issues through landscapes, cityscapes, abstract, sketch-work, figurative imagery, miniatures, calligraphy and collage.

The works of prominent artists including Nina Amin, Nahid Raza, Anjum Ayub, Usman Ghauri, Mehar Afroz, Mehmood Ali, Nadeem Ahmed, Samina Ali, AQ Arif, Moazzam Ali, Asadur Rehman, Raza-un-Nabi, Hanif Khan, MA Bukhari and Tabasum Rizvi are on display.

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Using the medium of acrylics, Ahmed focuses on the Sufi traditions, festivals, architectural heritage and people of Pakistan. Few of his themes are based on Sufi poetry depicting creative and experimental work while the portrayal of festivals also reflects cityscapes of Lahore.

Ahmed has used soft colours to give his work a pure display of Sufism with the traditional touch of Pakistani buildings.

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Nomad Curator Nageen Hayat talking to Daily Times said Nomad Gallery was promoting art and culture. “Our main focus is to promote art and culture through indigenous crafts and thematic paintings, as this country is in dire need of promoting its true identity, especially at this crucial time,” she said.The exhibition of paintings and prints would continue up till August 18.