An exhibition of paintings and drawings titled ‘The Bird of Time’ by Jamil Naqsh will be opened on April 20 at the Tanzara Art gallery. Naqsh is an artist of eminent stature and holds a key position in a still rapidly expanding art world. He is the best known contemporary artist from Pakistan and apart from being highly famous in his own country, he is also well-established internationally.
For the past several decades Naqsh has worked with various artistic themes; however it is his favoured one of women, doves, horses that he has explored and reinvented in myriad new ways. His works have also been inspired by Marino Marini and most recently by Pablo Picasso. The sources Naqsh uses are very diverse.
One sees not only the impact of Mughal work and of European masters but also that of pre-Islamic sculpture, said Noshi Qadir, curator of the show.
The 23 extraordinary canvases from this series being exhibited demonstrate his ways of paying tribute to his early days. He creates fascinating images of newspapers and against this backdrop paints pigeons, parrots, faces or a supine form, and old buildings and images from the Mughal era. These words, faces, and forms all appear to reverberate the bygone days and offer a nostalgic glance backwards with glimpses of the familiar, domestic and soothing moments of pleasure that might have been left behind in the artist’s life.
The 16 graphite drawings of the female form being displayed have an extraordinary sculptural quality that they almost seem to invite one to touch them. He renders them with great dexterity and possesses that unique inherent sensitivity to the power of line, the curator said. Adam Thomson, British High Commissioner will inaugurate the show that continues till May 3.
4 dacoits among 30 held: The Rawalpindi police on Monday claimed to have arrested 30 lawbreakers including four suspected dacoits, one drunken person and seized 3590 grams charras, 32 bottles of liquor, nine pistols 30-bore with 29 rounds, one pistol 9 mm with five rounds and a stolen motorcycle.
According to the police spokesman, the police apprehended 30 outlaws in crackdowns conducted against anti-social elements while the Taxila Police, acting on a tip-off, raided the Khela Khurd area and arrested four suspected dacoits identified as Matiullah, Ameen Khan, Sarfraz and Zia ur Rehman who were planning to commit a robbery.
Study shows memory loss can start as early as 45: Loss of memory and other brain functions can start as early as age 45, posing a big challenge to scientists looking for new ways to stave off dementia, researchers said.
The finding from a 10-year study of more than 7,000 British government workers contradicts previous notions that cognitive decline does not begin before 60 years of age, and it could have far-reaching implications for dementia research, Health News reported.
Pinpointing the age at which memory, reasoning and comprehension skills start to deteriorate is important because drugs are most likely to work if given when people first start to experience mental impairment.
A handful of novel medicines for Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, are currently in clinical trials, but expectations are low and some experts fear the new drugs are being tested in patients who may be too old to show a benefit.
The research team led by Archana Singh-Manoux from the Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health in France and University College London found a modest decline in mental reasoning in men and women aged 45-49 years. “We were expecting to see no decline, based on past research,” Singh-Manoux said in a telephonic interview.
