Staff report - Daily Times - Lahore, PakistanThursday, May 24, 2007
Islamabad: A curious amalgam of traditional miniature art and innovative abstract art is on display in a painting exhibition at the Alliance Francaise d’Islamabad.
Nine National College of Arts students have exhibited their masterpieces in the exhibition.
They have painstakingly used Mughal and Persian figurative drawing techniques to understand miniature painting composition. They have used the techniques called ‘pardakt’ and ‘gadrang’ (using squirrel hairbrush) in landscapes, architecture, pattern designing and floral and geometrical patterns.
Islamabad: A curious amalgam of traditional miniature art and innovative abstract art is on display in a painting exhibition at the Alliance Francaise d’Islamabad.
Nine National College of Arts students have exhibited their masterpieces in the exhibition.
They have painstakingly used Mughal and Persian figurative drawing techniques to understand miniature painting composition. They have used the techniques called ‘pardakt’ and ‘gadrang’ (using squirrel hairbrush) in landscapes, architecture, pattern designing and floral and geometrical patterns.
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The work of Aakif Sauri, inspired by Sufism, attempts to capture the essence of love, beauty and spirituality. He has tried to spread the massage of Sufi poets among the new generation.
Kauser Iqbal has wonderfully portrayed different rural norms and customs in Pakistan by showing women busy in their routine chores.
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Nauman Ghauri’s work is a visual voyage of Egyption religious rituals and mythology.
Jalalluddin Babar’s paintings explore the concept of faith by depicting the night of ‘Shab-e-Miraj’.
M Saleh tries to remind his people through his work that they were not always inferior to the West and that they should not waste their energies and talents on imitating the West.
The exhibition will conclude on May 28.
Jalalluddin Babar’s paintings explore the concept of faith by depicting the night of ‘Shab-e-Miraj’.
M Saleh tries to remind his people through his work that they were not always inferior to the West and that they should not waste their energies and talents on imitating the West.
The exhibition will conclude on May 28.
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