Artists paint Covid-19
Social distancing ensured at the event held at Rose and Jasmine Garden
Artists paint during a Covid-19 awareness event in the capital on Tuesday. PHOTO: ZAFAR RAJA/EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
Several senior artists from the twin cities of the federal capital gathered in the Rose and Jasmine Garden on Tuesday as they painted the impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
The event was organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and DTN. It featured artists included Nahida Raza, Asrar Farooqi, Riffat Khattak, Riffat Ara Baig, Saima Aamir and Roobia Gulfaraz. Wearing masks and gloves and with their easels socially distant, they painted under the shade of leafy trees.
Raza, in her oil-on-canvas painting, showed how preventive measures can save lives with a woman covering her nose and mouth with a mask while the virus attempts to break through a window.
Farooqi painted a scene from a roadside restaurant with several masks flying in the air to portray public ignorance towards preventive measures.
Baig, who is the head of the Art and Design department at SuperNova School and College, painted a monochromatic scene of a person wearing a mask as others work around this central figure with a distance between them.
Senior artist Khattak painted the miseries faced by people suffering from the virus and the anxiety of the uncertain situation in watercolour.
Aamir painted a landscape with people roaming around but covered the painting with a thin see-through sheet with some stains on it.
Deputy Mayor Syed Zeeshan Naqvi pointed to how Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMCT and the district administration was trying to educate the public about the dangers of Covid-19 but they are behaving carelessly.
“[Careless people] can not only get infected but they will infect others too,” he warned.
He added that the lockdown was eased to facilitate citizens but it did not mean that Covid-19 has disappeared.
Devcom-Pakistan Director Munir Ahmed said the event was aimed at getting the artists out of their hibernation to disseminate the message that they could work while wearing masks and gloves.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2020.
Several senior artists from the twin cities of the federal capital gathered in the Rose and Jasmine Garden on Tuesday as they painted the impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
The event was organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) and DTN. It featured artists included Nahida Raza, Asrar Farooqi, Riffat Khattak, Riffat Ara Baig, Saima Aamir and Roobia Gulfaraz. Wearing masks and gloves and with their easels socially distant, they painted under the shade of leafy trees.
Raza, in her oil-on-canvas painting, showed how preventive measures can save lives with a woman covering her nose and mouth with a mask while the virus attempts to break through a window.
Farooqi painted a scene from a roadside restaurant with several masks flying in the air to portray public ignorance towards preventive measures.
Baig, who is the head of the Art and Design department at SuperNova School and College, painted a monochromatic scene of a person wearing a mask as others work around this central figure with a distance between them.
Senior artist Khattak painted the miseries faced by people suffering from the virus and the anxiety of the uncertain situation in watercolour.
Aamir painted a landscape with people roaming around but covered the painting with a thin see-through sheet with some stains on it.
Deputy Mayor Syed Zeeshan Naqvi pointed to how Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMCT and the district administration was trying to educate the public about the dangers of Covid-19 but they are behaving carelessly.
“[Careless people] can not only get infected but they will infect others too,” he warned.
He added that the lockdown was eased to facilitate citizens but it did not mean that Covid-19 has disappeared.
Devcom-Pakistan Director Munir Ahmed said the event was aimed at getting the artists out of their hibernation to disseminate the message that they could work while wearing masks and gloves.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2020.