The Revolutionary
Faiz Ahmad Faiz Whenever there is any revolutionary course on its formation, poetry of Faiz is reborn as a guide and encouragement for revolutionaries. Even in recent Anti CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protests mainly lead by students and women protestors, poems of Faiz are being recited. Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, and author. He […]
Protest in Poetry
You say flowers are blooming on branches you say the deprived are receiving wine You say their bruised breasts are healing this blatant lie, this corruption of intellect I do not accept, I will not accept (Habib Jalib) Among various forms of art that we know ‘Poetry’ has had a greater impact when it […]
Featured Artist-Paul Cézanne
Born on 19 January 1839 in Aix-en-Provence Paul Cézanne, was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne’s often repetitive, exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. […]
Painting revolution
Historically speaking, Art has largely remained confined to galleries and to selected exhibitions and just a few selected audiences have had access to this format of communication and creative expression. But long ago, new trends emerged in the art field that brought art to the street and not just the art knowing ‘selected few’ but […]
Artist in the Making
Nadeem Mushtaq From political despair to a thriving urge for life and its intricate beauties, a wide range of emotions find expression in the works of this young artist which has enthralls many and puzzled many more for their sheer profundity and imagination. Nadeem Mushtaq, a promising artist who completed his Masters Degree in Painting […]
A Day with Children, for children!
A day long workshop was held at Arts in Life Initiative Foundation (ALIF), Chanpora Tangmarg on Child Rights. Organized by Perfect Vision Welfare Foundation and supported by Mission Directorate ICPS, Department of Social Welfare and Jammu and Kashmir State Child Protection Society. Children from different schools participated in the event as the facilitators also […]
Featured Artist: Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani was the epitome of a tragic artist. Born in Italy on July 12, 1884; he suffered considerably from childhood illnesses, the symptoms of which would persist throughout his life until his death from tuberculosis at age 35 in 1920. Although he initially studied art in both Florence and Venice, he later shunned his […]
Budding Artist: Ghazala Fatima
Ghazala Fatima is a Delhi born Artist currently working in Kashmir. Her paintings are generally surreal representations of forms of nature mostly trees. According to her, her paintings are usually visual depictions of her love towards nature. “ I am fascinated by nature mostly trees and I try to be as honest as possible towards […]
Symbolism
“In this art, scenes from nature, human activities, and all other real world phenomena will not be described for their own sake; here, they are perceptible surfaces created to represent their esoteric affinities with the primordial Ideals.” Jean Moreas Signature The term “symbolism” is derived from the word ‘symbol’ which derives from Latin ‘symbolum’,a symbol […]
Truck Art
Pakistan’s world famous truck art tradition dates back to the 1920s, when British Bedford trucks were imported to Pakistan and modified with large wooden crowns over the cabin. Most Pakistani trucks have an augmented rooftop to increase space for decoration and the backs of Pakistani trucks are often intricately decorated. Pakistani decorated trucks servicing Afghanistan […]
