The book written by Dr Mussarrat Hasan, a PhD professor comprises artist Moazzam Ali's life journey in art and also contain more than 175 spectacular painting plates from his lifetime work under the titles Woman with Pitcher, Sleeping Woman, Woman, Rural Damsels, Abstract Ralli, Landscapes.
Born in 1956 in Karachi Moazzam Ali completed his graduation in Fine Art from Karachi School of Art in 1980, securing first class first position and a gold medal in the province of Sindh. The book speaks about the freedom and remarkable expertise in the usage of water colour medium by Moazzam and how he handl colours, control tones and manage highlights, select areas and textures. His love for art especially water colour medium made him 'Master of Water Colour' - a title given to him by the Whitney Museum New York, USA in 2007. His innovations to water colour painting have also been appreciated internationally and he was honoured by an International Award in Chelsea International Competition the same year.
He has chosen the female figure and the cultural heritage of Pakistan as the main themes of his paintings. Moazzam inspired by the beauty of Indus valley civilisation focuses on this theme in his paintings to highlight the civilisation's significance. And he achieves his goal as his paintings take the history of Indus valley throughout the world in national and international exhibitions. He focuses on Thar and links his images to the Indus Valley civilisation. He has selected the female form as the most colourful and the representative of the life of Thar. He views the females as a mother who give life and also play a part of a protector and raise kids. Therefore he paid tribute to the mother in his 'Mother and Child' series.
The female figure can be involved in a hundred chores that an average woman of Thar fits into her day - grind grain, wash clothes, cook food, look after the young ones and most important fetch water from far flung areas. You see female figures with a pitcher in his paintings as water is lifeline for the people of Thar. The women of Thar are saviours of mankind; they create, preserve and protect life. He has also done another series of paintings of a woman and cage.
The book discusses his career under captions: His life, The Turning Point, Success during the Nineties, The Water Colour Master, The Perennial Theme, Landscapes and Others Themes, Landmarks, Moazzam Ali's Studios. The book tells how he has also served art by providing his services as a principal of two art colleges. He also held the position of Art Director in leading advertising agencies. An account of solo and group shows in which he has participated world-wide is included in the book. His paintings has a great honour to be commissioned and collected by President's House, Prime Minister's House, Governor's House, Embassies and Consulates of various countries in Pakistan and by various five star hotels.

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Book:            'Moazzam Ali'
Author:         Musarrat Hasan
Publisher:    Topical Printers
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