Thesis exhibition: Recollections of the Walled City showcased in paint
Exhibition will continue till February 14.
The exhibition includes works that were part of Anila Zulfiqar’s recently finished MPhil thesis at the University of the Punjab. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
LAHORE:
“I have not singled out any particular building or area of the Walled City for my work because I wanted the city to shine as a whole without a specific landmark being highlighted” says Anila Zulfiqar whose 28 oil-on-canvas paintings and a video installation are on display at Hamail Art Gallery.
The exhibition titled Symbolic Representation of Self with Space includes works that were part of Zulfiqar’s recently finished thesis for the master’s of philosophy degree in fine arts at the College Art and Design, the University of the Punjab. She has been a lecturer at the college for 12 years.
She said the use of bright colours in some of her works was meant to show children’s liking for colours. “My work is based on my childhood memories associated with the Walled City,” she said.
A large crowd of artists and art enthusiasts including Nusrat Jamil, Hamail Art Gallery owner, attended the exhibition on the opening day on Saturday. Prof Shahida Manzoor, the College of Art and Design principal, was the chief guest. Sumera Jawad, an artist and a teacher at the College of Fine Arts, said with the completion of her MPhil Zulfiqar had matured as an artist. She said that the latest collection was free of commercial influences visible in her earlier work. She particularly praised the combination of colours in the paintings and said that they were complementing one another. Jawad and Zulfiqar have known each other for 14 years.
Cartoonist Jawed Iqbal said he was a fan of Zulfiqar’s work. He said he particularly liked her work for their hidden messages. “At first sight, you won’t find any meaning in her works even If you look close enough. If you keep coming back to them you will start making sense of the work and noticing the hidden meaning.
He said had he not taken up drawing cartoons as a profession, he would have been a painter.
He said paintings had a unique ability of making a place lively. “A plain wall comes to life if a painting is put up on it,” he said.
Zulfiqar has dedicated the exhibition to her father who she said had recently passed away. The paintings will remain on display at the gallery till February 14.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2015.
“I have not singled out any particular building or area of the Walled City for my work because I wanted the city to shine as a whole without a specific landmark being highlighted” says Anila Zulfiqar whose 28 oil-on-canvas paintings and a video installation are on display at Hamail Art Gallery.
The exhibition titled Symbolic Representation of Self with Space includes works that were part of Zulfiqar’s recently finished thesis for the master’s of philosophy degree in fine arts at the College Art and Design, the University of the Punjab. She has been a lecturer at the college for 12 years.
She said the use of bright colours in some of her works was meant to show children’s liking for colours. “My work is based on my childhood memories associated with the Walled City,” she said.
A large crowd of artists and art enthusiasts including Nusrat Jamil, Hamail Art Gallery owner, attended the exhibition on the opening day on Saturday. Prof Shahida Manzoor, the College of Art and Design principal, was the chief guest. Sumera Jawad, an artist and a teacher at the College of Fine Arts, said with the completion of her MPhil Zulfiqar had matured as an artist. She said that the latest collection was free of commercial influences visible in her earlier work. She particularly praised the combination of colours in the paintings and said that they were complementing one another. Jawad and Zulfiqar have known each other for 14 years.
Cartoonist Jawed Iqbal said he was a fan of Zulfiqar’s work. He said he particularly liked her work for their hidden messages. “At first sight, you won’t find any meaning in her works even If you look close enough. If you keep coming back to them you will start making sense of the work and noticing the hidden meaning.
He said had he not taken up drawing cartoons as a profession, he would have been a painter.
He said paintings had a unique ability of making a place lively. “A plain wall comes to life if a painting is put up on it,” he said.
Zulfiqar has dedicated the exhibition to her father who she said had recently passed away. The paintings will remain on display at the gallery till February 14.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2015.