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Hanging Fire
Accompanying the first U.S. museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan, this dynamic catalogue provides a groundbreaking look at recent and current trends in Pakistani art. Hanging Fire covers a fascinating range of subjects and media, from installation and video art to sculpture, drawing, and paintings in the "contemporary miniature" tradition. Essays by distinguished contributors from a variety of fields, including Salima Hashmi, Pakistani-American sociologist and historian Ayesha Jalal, and the celebrated novelist Mohsin Hamid, place contemporary Pakistani art in a cultural, historical, and artistic perspective. The book's title, Hanging Fire, alludes to the contemporary economic, political, and social tensions--both local and global--from which these artists find their creative inspiration. It may also suggest to the viewer to delay judgment, particularly based on assumptions or preconceived notions about contemporary society and artistic expression in Pakistan today. Distributed for the Asia Society Museum Exhibition Schedule: Asia Society and Museum (9/10/09 - 1/3/10)
Open Field
"An exhibition of contemporary Pakistani art was opened here at Pakistan National Council of Arts to display the works of 80 young artists from across Pakistan. American Ambassador in Pakistan David Hale and Director General Pakistan National Council of the Arts Syed Jamal Shah opened the exhibition on Friday night." -- Press release.
Beyond the Page
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National Galleries
Are national galleries different from other kinds of art gallery or museum? What value is there for the nation in a collection of international masterpieces? How are national galleries involved in the construction national art? National Galleries is the first book to undertake a panoramic view of a type of national institution – which are sometimes called national museums of fine art – that is now found in almost every nation on earth. Adopting a richly illustrated, globally inclusive, comparative view, Simon Knell argues that national galleries should not be understood as ‘great galleries’ but as peculiar sites where art is made to perform in acts of nation building. A book that fun...
Pakistani Art
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Art museums and galleries in Karachi, Art museums and galleries in Pakistan, Art schools in Pakistan, Mughal art, Pakistani artists, Pakistani painting, Pakistani pottery, Textile arts of Pakistan, Sadequain, Muraqqa, Rashid Rana, Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, Imran Channa, Tutinama, Nigar Nazar, Mughal painting, Karachi School of Art, Peacock Throne, Naela Chohan, Abdul Rahim Nagori, Akbarnama, Hamzanama, Khamsa of Nizami, Ambreen Butt, Soraya sikander, Hasnat Mehmood, Ralli quilt, David Alesworth, Rasheed Araeen, Baburnama, Huma Mulji, ...
Moving Ahead
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