LAHORE – A group show of paintings titled “TRI” is going to begin at the Revivers Galleria in Gulberg on Friday evening in order to welcome New Year 2011 in an artistical way. US Consul General Carmela Conroy will be the chief guest and will inaugurate the paintings’ exhibition which is scheduled to continue for a fortnight till January 22, 2011. On display in the exhibition will be about 36 selected paintings by three well known artists AS Rind, Mashkoor Raza and Salman Farooqi.
The artists have already participated in a number of group shows and have held solo exhibitions over the years in Karachi, Lahore and other places within Pakistan as well as abroad. Mashkoor Raza has altogether had 38 solo and group shows, while Salman Farooqi has had 17 and A.S. Rind 10.
Incidentally, all of these artists hail from Karachi and this will be one of the rare occasion that their artwork, mostly done with vivid colours is going to be displayed in Lahore. The owner and curator of the Revivers’ Galleria, Sara Anjum said that only in November 2010, a solo paintings exhibition “Satrangi” of artist Nisar Ahmad was held at the Revivers Galleria and incidentally he also hailed from Karachi.
Earlier, in mid 2010, major woks of internationally renowned Pakistani artist Jimmy Engineer were also showcased at the Revivers’ Galleria. Sara expressed hope that like Nisar Ahmad’s ‘Satrangi” and Jimmy Engineer’s ” For Eyes Only” exhibitions, the group show “TRI” of these three artists would also be a great success.
