Works of ACP art school students go on display

Paintings exhibition, titled Silver Lining, by the third year students of the Arts Council Institute of Arts and Craft (ACIAC) opened at Full Circle Gallery, Clifton, on Saturday.

Arts Council of Pakistan (APC) President Muhammad Ahmad Shah said that in 1962 the ACP Karachi had participated in the Paris Biennale, and in 1964 an exhibition of Pakistani painters was held in New York. “Music, dance, fine art, and cinema were destroyed in Pakistan. From these ruins, we have erected a building where big artists are teaching students and playing their role in promoting art,” he said.

“Today, the paintings of ACIAC students have become the centre of attention. Their works will be taken abroad, including to America and Australia,” he said while adding that the students’ work exhibit the current situation.

Secretary Arts Council Ijaz Farooqui, Shahid Rassam, Farrukh Shahab, Muhammad Zeeshan, Chand Gul and Scheherezade Junejo were also present on the occasion.

While speaking on the occasion, Rassam said that seven years ago he had dreamt a dream of reviving the fine art which seems to be coming true. “I feel happy to see the work. Here not only art education is imparted but students are properly groomed,” he said. “Today these students have proved with their work how capable they are.”

The students whose art pieces were on display included Bakhtiyar Ahmed, Habiba Mujeeb ur Rahman, Kabir Atta Muhammad, Kiran Aslam Masih, Shehzad Baloch, Yasir Noor, and Zarnab Baloch. The exhibition will continue until May 22.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2023.