War and Peace – Aisha Khalid

I have been following Hammad Gillani’s practice since his student days at the National College of Arts. Trained in miniature painting, his work has since evolved into a more liberated language of mark-making, expanding beyond traditional boundaries of medium and form. Belonging to the Orakzai tribe in northern Pakistan, Gillani’s practice is deeply rooted in […]

Zohreen Murtaza – The Line that is Suspect

The first line made on a surface for a drawing can be interpreted as a kind of gesture. This mark may have been made in seconds but the casual effortlessness- its spontaneity- belies the endless hours of practice and discipline that was required to master its immediacy. The primacy of the gesture has been central […]