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“Chronicles Bound: A Visual and Literary Symphony” is an innovative exhibition that deconstructs and reimagines the book as a multidimensional artistic medium. At the heart of this experience are twelve A3-sized artworks, each a portal into the vision of a distinguished Pakistani artist. These pieces function as metaphorical pages and each artwork is paired with prose or poetry from a chosen Pakistani writer, printed on the reverse side. This juxtaposition creates a palimpsest of meaning, where text and image engage in a complex…

Open Call: IBO Inaugural Residency – “The In/visible City” The Islamabad Biennale Organization (IBO) is pleased to announce its first-ever artist residency, launching its programming in the lead-up to the inaugural edition of the Biennale, scheduled for 2027. The residency invites artists, designers, architects, writers, researchers, and cultural practitioners to explore how Islamabad is formed through both visible structures and invisible currents – memory, belief, displacement, and everyday negotiations of identity and belonging. All interdisciplinary practitioners are encouraged to apply. Apply now: https://islamabadbiennale.org/residencies/…

The Artist Risham Syed takes a Bird’s – Eye View of Colonialism

O ART SPACE hosts two exclusive exhibitions every year for fresh Visual Arts graduates of Pakistan, which has proven to be a very important milestone in their careers. We believe in equal opportunity and therefore, announce it through an OPEN CALL. These exhibitions are planned for the month of June/July 2023, for which dates will be announced after selection of artists. This opportunity is for you, if you are a fresh Visual Arts graduate of Pakistan! Submission Requirements: • Artworks produced after the…

By Hira Shah In an interview with the Telegraph India, Hammad Nasar (Head of Research and Programmes at Asia Art Archive) says that “the artists have taken the South Asian tradition of miniature to new heights, and then moved beyond the page to invent a new visual language, rooted in tradition but of the here and now.” By deviating from the set traditions of Art & Literature, we end up creating art pieces that serve to be manifestation of modern times and engage…

Shadows are created when a light source is blocked by an image; the resulting area is a dark shape or a silhouette. Our own shadows can sometimes appear ominous and mysterious because they are devoid of features; we may not notice them all the time but they are either in front of us, behind us, or near us, depending on the light source. This ambiguity of presence that shadows offer with their shape and form has fascinated many artists in the past.