Six emerging artists showcase their work at the Nomad Gallery. PHOTO: EXPRESS
An exhibition of artworks by six emerging and established artists opened at Nomad Gallery on Wednesday. The exhibition, titled “Infinite” features 45 pieces of artworks including calligraphy, mono-prints and paintings.
Each artist has incorporated a glimpse of nature, subtle colours and bold strokes in their works.
The artwork is a vibrant collection of emerging and established artists experimenting with various media seeking their niche in the art world, Nageen Hyat, curator and social activist commented on the show.
“It is an extended journey of the artists ranging from exuberant, poetic images reflecting nature, form, and cultural images of women and shanty dwellings,” she said.
Ubaid Syed, who has portrayed poetic pastel images of the Northern Lights in Sweden, says “For me art is the imaginative assimilation of reality, teleology in images.”
He has also depicted the passionate energy and reflections of Karachi, when he was in the ‘city of lights’.
“The essence of art lies primarily in the creation of artistic generalization and not in representing reality in its concrete form” Syed commented, who has also done paintings in acrylic.
“My art is basically a composition of mixed metaphors; disconnected, random feelings of both related and unrelated images that come across me,” he added.
Salma Manzoor, who enjoyed doodling on her notebooks while growing up, said that she spent her childhood drawing and being able to make and design anything.
“This love of art has stayed with me and developed and grown; and, now, I cannot imagine wanting to do anything else. My affiliation not only developed because I loved the skill but because this was an easier medium for me to communicate. My passion derived from the notion that I was able to put my thoughts on paper, and articulate them in a better way through different drawings,” she said.
Her current work is about the limitations she faced as a woman and achieving the freedom to be herself.
Sarah Qazi, on the other hand, has used water colour and ink in vibrant colours to paint 99 names of Allah in an abstract form.
“I’ve emphasised on Al-Mussawir, one of the 99 names which defines Allah’s attributes in many different ways,” she explained.
Sameera Khan has combined urban city maps with ethnic colours of northern Pakistan.
“Through the exploration of printmaking techniques and by creating intricate calligraphy, I print layers of vibrant colours to build my images.” she says.
According to the artist she constantly explores new ways of presenting her ideas, by transforming geometrical shapes, lines and textures into striking images of everyday beauty of cityscapes narrating a new story.
Mubashir Iqbal and Farida Shah are both self taught artists. Shah’s paintings are inspired by nature.
Iqbal experiments with various media with strong, appealing cultural and defining local heritage, Hyat said.
He has been exhibiting his work all over Pakistan since many years. His preferred medium is pyrography – the art of decorating wood with the use of a heated metallic point, which he has been working with for the last ten years. He has now ventured into experimenting with water colours.
The show will continue till January 18.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2016.
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