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Published 25 May, 2012 06:00am

Summerscape 2012 opens at Koel

KARACHI: When a group of artists exhibit their work, more often than not, there is a thread that connects them or runs through by virtue of a theme. If there is a marked variation in the quality of work(s), it can prove terribly off-putting. If they find themselves on the same creative, if not intellectual, wavelength (knowingly or unwittingly) the display succeeds to grab the attention of art aficionados.

An exhibition of different artists’ works titled Summerscape 2012 opened at the Koel Gallery on Thursday. A decent variety of paintings, photographs and sculptures are on display. Though they fall under the rubric of summerscape, some of them defy it and go beyond the seasonal limit, and understandably so. For example, Aqeel Solangi’s acrylic-and-graphite-on-paper and ink-and-graphite-on-paper pieces cannot be confined to one particular spell in time. The vastness of things, inanimate as well as natural, depicts life in a larger context. His skill makes the paintings look as vivid as a dream.