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Fallen

Aasim Akhtar
Gandhara-art December 2009,
Hardback, 45 pages
ISBN : -

Throughout his career Mudassar Manzoor has remained committed to the representation if the human figure. He considers the human subject as providing limitless motif without loss of universal recognition. His drawings offer representations if the huma .....continue reading
Memory / Metamorphosis

Amna T Naqvi and Salima Hashmi
Gandhara-art, October 2009,
Hardback, 62 pages
ISBN : 988172667-0

Talha Rathore received her BFA in Fine Art with a specialization in Miniature Painting, from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan in 1995. In 1998, she relocated to New York with her husband and was thrust into an alien environment and cult .....continue reading
Waiting in Silence

Amra Ali
Gandhara Art, October 2009,
50 pages
ISBN : -

Jabbar Gulls journey as a sculptor that embarked with the use of traditional takhti, the wooden tablet used for mashq (regimen) of the Urdu alphabet, signified the beginning of a knowledge that is rooted in the cultural and spiritual specifity on his .....continue reading
Sanctuary and Confinement

Amna Tirmizi Naqvi
Gandhara-art, August 2009,
Hardback, 48 pages
ISBN : 988172665 -0

Sanctuary and Confinement was printed in conjunction with Sarah Bakhtiyar’s exhibition “Sanctuary and Confinement.” Sarah’s work deals with being trapped or confined within ones space. Her work speaks with a mind of its own: it speaks in a multitude .....continue reading
Viewer Discretion is Advised

Aasim Akhtar
Gandhara Art, April 2009,
Hardback, 50 pages
ISBN : -

“Always implicated and yet elusive”. It is perhaps this remark by Maurice Blanchot that best sums up the situation of the artist, Tazeen Qayyum, necessarily and even viscerally implicated in the socio-political reality of her region, but exceptionall .....continue reading
Disorientation

Aasim Akhtar
Gandhara Art, February 2009,
Hardback, 54 pages
ISBN : -

‘Disorientation’ radically challenges expectations by seeking to weigh the historical consequences of the issue outside of any triumphalist US framework, as if the final cultural victory of America could somehow be unthought or rendered uncertain. It .....continue reading
The Webs We Weave

Amna T Naqvi
Gandhara-art November 2008,
Hardback, 50 pages
ISBN : 988172668-9

Safdar Qureish has taken his practice out of the miniature studio for this exhibition. He is a graduate of the National College of Arts, with a specialization in miniature painting. His hallmarks are still present, such as the detailed drawing and re .....continue reading
Isn’t She Lovely

Amna T Naqvi and Aasim Akhtar
Gandhara-art November 2008,
Hardback, 54 pages
ISBN : 988172664-6

Ayesha Durrani is a contemporary artist whose training in miniature painting from the National College of Arts is evident, as she reveals her dexterity with the medium, by treating both smaller works as well as delving into large-scale works. Her voc .....continue reading