Art fiend: Portals of transition
Arich tapestry of textural paint applications and specific symbolist vocabulary emerged as the defining features of Saqib Mughul’s exhibition, ‘Darvazey’, shown at Koel Gallery, Karachi, recently. Essentially mix media exercises, the canvas surfaces, literally constructed/painted with pigment treatments, carried small templates/stencils of antiquated doors as heritage markers

Art work: Capturing the transient emotions
The sensitive poignancy of the great poet’s words inspired the brush of the distinguished artist Anwar Saeed, who expressed in his recent work the transient emotions of human relationships. In this exhibition, couples, though linked, appear uneasy in each other’s company gazing in different directions. One is often portrayed possessively holding the other’s arm or shoulder while the unresponsive

Pop art: Melodic representation
While looking at art in an art gallery, visitors often verbalise their visual experience in order to interactively construct meaning. By placing the artwork in different contexts, interpretations keep changing and multiple interpretations of the same piece are formed. A key role in this contextualisation is reserved for the viewer’s self. The differences in interpretations lie in what the viewer knows and has