KARACHI – Sara Khan’s ‘A Moment of Grace’ collection is an acknowledgement of mercy, within whose parameters fall incomprehensible questions and heart-bursting celebration.
“Light cannot banish the dark. There is no victory, but one can always choose which way to turn to.
A fierce resolution to not give up hope fuels my work,” Khan says. Faced with a personal family tragedy in 2007, she started painting again after a break of a year and a half and discovered that her work had changed significantly. “The move towards complete abstraction has not been arbitrary.
The vocabulary of layered stains, unfettered washes, texture and mark-making gives honest expression to thoughts I cannot speak,” she explains. Nature and colour continue to be defining elements of her world view, and water, forest and stones are indicated both explicitly and implicitly in her artworks.
“It would be simplistic to label the pieces positive or negative depending on colour schemes. They are products in part of self-examination, exploration, incomprehension and gratitude. They are concrete proofs of my belief in life.”
Photos courtesy Chawkandi Art gallery
