Arts & Crafts - 7

The World Organisation of Martial Arts (WOMA)-Pakistan executive council organised a two-day martial arts training seminar here last week, in collaboration with the Pakistan Nagamin Martial Arts Organisation and Pakistan Taekwondo Council. Grand Master Zahoor Baig Rehmani, 10th Dan Soke, explained and demonstrated the core concept of inhaling and exhaling of breathing and yelling techniques [...]

“They would laugh at my suggestions until the Kabul exhibition was all sold out,” says a confident Arji, a Kabul-based Pakistani ceramist, of her proteges. Arjumand Karim, popularly known as Arji,did her foundation programme in ceramics from St.Martins College of Art in London and went on to graduate from Hunerkada, Islamabad, with a major in [...]

A military leader is how the world views General Pervez Musharraf. But it is his taste for modern art that has begun to open up minds as well as drawing rooms in Pakistan. R.M. Naeem, a fine arts teacher at the National College of Art in Lahore, says the President’s interest in art has made [...]

A graduate from the Karachi University, Qazi spent four years at the Karachi School of Arts (KSA). He is fascinated with the old architecture of Sindh and clay colour dominated his paintings. He painted his hometown, Thatta, paying attention to the tiniest details. Yellow dusty lanes and bazaars with vendors displaying prices, old havelis with [...]

In the age in which people have turned to technology, she feels proud to introduce herself as a craftswoman who uses the point of a needle to give her dreams some shape. A needle, (coloured) thread and cloth are all she uses to embroider a picture or a portrait. Gifted with natural talent, she has [...]

An exhibition of Iranian stamps and postcards is currently underway at the Iranian Cultural House in Karachi, Pakistan. Over 1200 Iranian stamps depicting cultural, political, and social issues as well as 300 Pakistani stamps are on display. Several types of Iranian handicrafts, posters of the beautiful tourist attractions of Iran, and calligraphy works are also [...]

They are already planning to come back to Bahrain, after performing at the Pakistan Club’s Pothohari Musical Night, over Eid. Pothohari is a regional language spoken in Upper areas of Punjab including Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jehlum and adjoining areas spreading up to Kashmir. The mountainous region is famous as a land of warriors and at [...]

A photograph exhibition titled ‘Women Care’ by Norwegian resident Morten Krogvold opened at Shakir Ali Museum on Wednesday. The art show has been organised by the Norwegian embassy in collaboration with Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA). Janis Bjorn Kanavin, the ambassador of Norway inaugurated the exhibition. Krogvold, an internationally recognised photographer, travelled the world, [...]

Abdul Qudoos Arif, commonly known as AQ Arif, a Karachi-based artist comes back to the capital in less than a year’s time but with a different style. Arif seems to have a passion for painting historical buildings and sites of the country. His earlier paintings were realistic and were clear in view like Badshahi Mosque [...]

A traveling exhibition titled ‘Fading Lines’, featuring paintings, drawings, printings, videos, textiles and bookmaking by five Australian artists will open at National College of Arts (NCA) on Thursday (January 27). The exhibition, sponsored by the Australian embassy, has arrived from Islamabad, where it was held in Nomad Gallery. At NCA, the exhibition will be held [...]