What is sculpture?
is the art of creation in two or three dimensions that is a true representation of natural or imagined forms. It includes sculpture in round form, which can be viewed from any direction, as well as incised relief form. In which the lines are cut into a flat surface and the object is carved on [...]
Pakistani Truck Art
Painting a truck, rickshaw or bus can have many purposes. Some do it to attract customers, while others do it to keep up with the khans One driver from Murree, who earns up to Rs. 15, 000 a month, has spent Rs. 30, 000 to get his truck repainted. Two years ago, he and his [...]
Multani Art & Craf
There are 18 different Craftsmen & Women in the market. Now let us get some information about their art or Craft Entering the hall, there is a shop of Multani Embroidery where Rasheeda Begum is present her family has been associated with the embroidery of Multan for three generation. Women in this part have been [...]
Group exhibition commences at RAC
By Afshan S. Khan Rawalpindi:Only artists can show the real picture of society in its candid form and sensitise people to come forward and help others who are in dire need of support. Today Pakistan is severely affected by torrential rains and floods. Besides that, terrorism has also ripped the very fabric of our society [...]
Ismail Gulgee
Ismail Gulgee (October 25, 1926 – December 14, 2007) Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (twice), Hilal-e-Imtiaz, was an award-winning, globally famous Pakistani artist born in Peshawar. He was a qualified engineer in the U.S. and self-taught abstract painter and portrait painter. Before 1959, as portraitist, he painted the entire Afghan Royal Family. From about 1960 on, [...]
Sadequain
A MURALIST, CALLIGRAPHER, POET AND A RARE VISIONARY Sadequain (1930-1987) would go down in the history of painting in Pakistan in particular and rest of the world in general as a genuine painter, who left so many footsteps that many are copying till date. Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, [...]
Threads of experience – Tradational crafts from Pakistan to rochdale
Local people learnt traditional Pakistani arts and crafts techniques. Photo courtesy Touchstones A Rochdale-based artist has been teaching local people the traditional arts and craft techniques of Pakistan to create a new exhibition. Shaista Nazir, a trained textile artist, visited Pakistan to research the techniques used there to create a wide range of artworks and [...]
Art in Pakistan
The art scene in Pakistan is blooming with energy, expression and passion. Unfortunately it exists within the domain of Pakistan, the outside world knows but very little about the tremendously subliminal art (forms) that exists in Pakistan. To the outside world Pakistan remains a country immersed in conventional innuendos, fighting a bigger battle between sectarianism, [...]
Ajaz Anwar
Ajaz Anwar is a distinguished painter of Pakistan. He was a teacher at National College of Arts Lahore. His watercolour paintings show the grandeur of the old buildings and the cultural life in Lahore. Life Born in Ludhiana in 1946, his father was a cartoonist who apparently had stirred his passion from childhood and from [...]
Art Galleries in Pakistan
With its culturally rich and energetic art scene, Pakistani art is now accepted and regarded as creative and highly animated all around the world, where ever art is appreciated and known with its expatriation. There are a lot of art galleries in the major cities of Pakistan displaying the works of internationally famous Pakistani artists [...]
