Tag: Painting

From intricate methods of miniature painting to large-scale pieces

KARACHI - Aisha Khalid is one of Pakistan's leading artists with a prominent reputation both internationally and within the country. She was born in Faisalabad, and currently lives and works in Lahore. She received her degree in miniature painting from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. She then went on to teaching at the NCA, and later undertook a two-year residency at the world-famous Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She takes the intricate methods of miniature

Painting exhibition held to raise funds for underprivileged patients

KARACHI - The Welfare Society for Patient Care recently held a painting exhibition at the Canvas Gallery for raising funds for treatment of underprivileged patients. With Prof Dr Iffat Yazdani as Honorary Administrator, the WSPC caters to the dialysis needs of over 250 patients, 95 percent of whom are dialysed free of charge.
Every month, a letter is dispatched to the donors regarding the clinical progress of the patients dialysed. The WSPC, whose funds are audited every six

TRI painting exhibition concludes

LAHORE - A group painting exhibition of three well-known Karachi-based artists including AS Rind, Mashkoor Raza and Salman Farooqi titled, TRI, concluded at the Revivers Galleria in Gulberg on Monday after successfully running for a fortnight.
On display were more than 50 selected recent art works of the trio, which were appreciated by a large number of artists, art lovers, students and collectors who kept visiting the Revivers Galleria throughout the exhibition.
Although

KNOW YOUR FACTS – PEPCO spokesman blasts media for painting the...

LAHORE - A Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) spokesman seemed displeased with the various reports in the print and electronic media, which attempted to paint a gloomy power scenario, and termed these reports based on half truths, incorrect information and lack of understanding of the complexity of the power sector.
The spokesman said that media reports of electricity shortfall of over 4500 MW are speculative, misleading and devoid of facts. "Computation of electricity

PAINTING EXHIBITION – An art triangle

Lahore - A triangle is the only figure in which all end points have hinges and will never change its shape unless the sides themselves are bent. Somewhat similar is the case with these three maestros of the art world. Under the spot light are none other than A S Rind, Mashkoor Raza and Salman Farooqi whose group show title TRI opened at Reviver's Galleria last week.
Like the brain of a living organism with sub-conscious, unconscious and conscious levels, these works are also