Argentine Ambassador Rodolfo J Martin Saravia, the Aitcheson College principal, Lahore Museum Board Chairman Faqir Aijazuddin and Nayyar Ali Dada inaugurated the painting exhibition of a well known-Argentinean painter, Ricardo Cinalli, at the National College of Arts Wednesday evening.
The painting exhibition was titled “Les Fleurs du Mal Transgressions and Deviations”.
Highly ranked local authorities, diplomats, art lovers, journalists, students and personalities from all walks of life attended the event. It was the second art exhibition organised in 2011 by the embassy.
Cinalli said he was visiting Pakistan for the first time and referred to his work in the exhibition. He said “to have a nightmare, you need to dream. Nightmares are those dreams that allow us to visit the goodness and the ugliness, the improbable and the probable, both. In these line drawings, the artist intends to reflect not only some elements of cubism, but also contemplation, togetherness, fantasies, and the magical possibility of beauty in a background of utter disorder.” The artist has used gold, diamonds, ink and pencil on paper to create this unique world of humans and a space where solitude matters. Using very few colours to adorn one piece, Cinalli has made several stamps upon his own style. He also makes very loose outlines for his faces or figures. The exhibition was also inaugurated in Islamabad. Nayyar Ali Dada said a real artist was one who could draw. The test of art was in fact in the drawing itself. “His work is very impressive and has an element of Picasso’s cubism in it,” he said. Meanwhile, Martin Saravia said he was pleased to exhibit the work of this great and well-known Argentinean artist in Pakistan and build cultural bridges across Pakistan and Argentine. He added that the event also marked the 60th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
