Arrangements have been finalised to put mix media paintings of Samina Ali Akhtar, an artist at display, at Nomad Art Gallery here on Wednesday. The exhibition will remain open for visitors till 7 pm.
Director of the Gallery Nageen Hyat said the work encompasses diminutive pieces of recyclable and hand made paper confectionery tinsel wraps, thrown away by my children, old postage stamps, withered leaves and anything and every thing that draws me to the isolation of my world of colours. She said the calligraphy, in Simina's paintings takes the form of a filigreed relic to imbibe the turmoil within my-self.
She said that the way Samina paint takes her back to the years of teaching history of court paintings of the Mughals, which remain for her a perpetual artistic conversion. The Director said with the brilliance of colour, line and astonishing vitality of form, these images draw us into a rich world of splendour and fantasy.
Samina Ali Akthar said that her paintings express nostalgia for the past while creating a reference point for the present. She said the collages are studded with old manuscripts and architectural elements to fit into a narrative, suggested by the found objects surrounding them gathered over the last two decades, images of intriguing events and evocative places. "I cannot force ideas any more than I can create to order-there is an urge to create. As Braque', the great master of modern painting puts it-one must not "think up" a picture", she added.
When asked about her inspiration, the artist remarked "Nothing should be forced and if I had to say how my painting happen I would say that first there is impregnation then hallucination, which turns into an obsession and in order to free my self from this obsession I have to paint". She said she begins my collages by choosing a subject from my collection of unique manuscripts torn, to depict the ravages of time then incorporate the fluidity of acrylic paints, which lends itself readily to a personal expression, embellished with gold and treated silver foil, a hallmark of the zenith of a dynasty lost in time.
She recalled when I was taking a course headed by Dr Bernard M.Feilden on the restoration and preservation of architecture, the venue was the Lahore Fort where on the withered ancient walls the splendour of sovereignty froze in her mind's eye and in the same Mughals edifices built of profound sculpted red sandstone she could see a striking illustration of their peculiar culture in which Barbarism and refinement were so strongly blended.
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