Gallery6’s seventh art market offers interesting works

Roster includes realistic, figurative, abstract paintings, calligraphy and even sculptures

Gallery6 will be holding its seventh annual ‘Art Bazaar’ this weekend and it promises to be a bonanza of art.

The bazaar, which will be held at the gallery on Saturday and Sunday, will feature a variety of paintings, calligraphies, miniatures, drawings, prints, sculptures, and carvings made by renowned and well-established artists as well as some emerging talents.

Among the works to be featured in the bazaar are paintings with realistic works, impressionism and expressionism pieces, abstracts — all of these dealing with either aesthetics or various personal, social, cultural or political issues.

These art works have been created on a variety of media including water colours, oils, grout (a material used in construction), acrylics, pastels, pen and ink.

Realistic paintings explore themes of life and routine. They portray the lives and surroundings of the middle and lower classes, the ordinary and unadorned. In this category, notable works featured include two artworks of Moazzam Ali from 1991, and recent works of Akram Spaul, Ather Jamal and Aqeel Jawaid Teetu.

Among figurative works, a painting by Rind from 2005 is featured. Two works of Ustad Aziz Mirza, who follows Chughtai’s style, are also included.

Also featured are portraits of Balochi women and men by Doda Baloch, from the famous art family of Akram Dost.

Landscapes and cityscapes present captivating scenes in realistic, impressionistic and surrealistic form depicting varying technique, treatment and styles of different leading and a few new artists, said Arjumand Faisel from the gallery.

Abstract paintings, done with acrylics, oils, water colours, or effects of chemicals on gold and silver leaf are also featured.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 5^th, 2018.