Pakistan:Arts: 2006

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The usual, the novel, the upcoming and the exciting jostled for space on an art calendar packed with activity. Recording a medley of strains, the year 2006, saw the finer arts branching in several directions, but the spread was largely lateral with few, if any, vertical inclines.

Thesis shows
Harbingers of new wave art -- annual degree shows like the the Indus Valley Thesis Show and Emerging Talents at VM gallery are now the new venues for talent scouting.

Young at art
Ushering in the new, young radicals are giving new meaning to the practice of art making. A host of new artists were also offered The Vasl Residency (local and international) experience.A solo video exhibition by Bani Abidi followed later in the year by the mega video event 256 Shades. This finally brought the video genre out of the closet.

Mixed media
Exhibitions like The Body and Calligraphy show and Karachi 6/6 .. The Labyrinth gave new meaning to old issues through mixed media, installation, collaboration and performance … it also brought the much wanted new curators to the fore.

Miniature
Miniature continued to evolve and group exhibitions of Lahore and Karachi artists featured the current developments.

Digital art
Social commentary through appropriation of film hoarding imagery and text saw the emergence of digital poster art.

Established signatures, new variations
ColinDavid, Iqbal Hussain, Mussarat Mirza and Wahab Jaffer.

More of singular idioms
Sumayya Durrani, RM Naeem, Afshar Malik, Usman Ghori, Shakira Masood, Rakhshanda Atwar and Ahmed Ali Manganhar.

Tradition continuum
20th Annual Exhibition of Artists association.

A sense of place.. romancing the land.
Mehboob Ali, GN Kazi, Salman Farooqui, Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali.

Clay play
Tale of the Tile, ASNA Clay Triennial, Kohari’s Crystal fire Paintings, Nabahats Rakuware.

Art text
Monographs on Nagori, Lubna Agha and Bashir Mirza.

Art by children
Machar Art, Ida Rieu children art exhibition, Uni lever show, Cherry Blossom Show.

Art and philanthrophy
Earthquake fundraisers and Indus Valley Schools Badin visit fundraiser for health facility.

New art spaces
Artist Commune, FOMMA- DHA Art Centre and under construction National Gallery.

Obituaries
Ceramist Mian Salahuddin, celebrity artist Ahmed Saeed Nagi.

Foreign exhibitions; in coming -- out going
Incoming .. Malaysian art , Bangla deshi art, Prints of Asian masters curatored by Sabah Hussain.

Out going .. Singapore Debut, Contemporary Miniature Exhibition in London, Calendar art Travelling Exhibition, W 11 Truck Art.

Honouring our own
Stamps carrying portraits of significant artists .. a homage.