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‘Lifelike Similes,’ an exhibition of realistic paintings by Aqeel Javaid from Rawalpindi and Kamran Ahmed from Karachi, is on at the gallery6.
Both artists are exhibiting their work in Islamabad for the first time and both have come up with a truthful and accurate depiction of objects that are part of daily life. In doing so, they invite attention to the beauty of the ordinary and unadorned. Accuracy of detail, remarkable colour choice, depth, and brilliance are key features of their art.
Aqeel Javaid, better known as Teetu, works on large scale in order to depict an artist’s surroundings. There are boards with several sketches and paintings on paper. The presence of sticking tape and thumbtacks adds interesting visual effects of unfinished work in these paintings. “I am a man in a world of fake realities, in a world of humans with ‘poster’ like feelings, in a world where paper has the most dominating value, rather than flesh,” expressed Teetu, who did his Masters in Fine Arts from the Punjab University in 2006.
In one of the paintings, Teetu has portrayed an old green door with a lock, while a red kite with tapes shows the importance of old and used items in the artist’s life. All are works of oil on canvas. “I don’t know about style; just wished to be called a painter. I have no specific palette; have never known about my mood. All colours are mine. I am just a painter with modern ideas; having a realistic manner with surrealist thoughts,” Teetu expressed.
In contrast, Kamran’s paintings are miniatures in size. All are oil on canvas and depict books, envelopes, pencils and their containers; objects on the reading table; earthenware and ceramic vases and cups; metal kitchen containers and pipes; fruits and basket; drapes; a chair and scenery. Most of these appear as real as photographs unless viewed closely for extremely fine brush strokes.
Kamran, who graduated from Karachi School of Arts in 1996, was inspired to move towards realism after attending a painting exhibition of Shakil Siddiqi in 1995, while he was a student. The artist has participated in nine group shows in Karachi and Dubai and then spent several years abroad in the animation industry.
Discussing Kamran’s work, Karachi-based art critic Muniza Agha-Fawad once wrote, “Amidst the routines of daily life, the dullness of our tasks, and the frustrations with which we live, Ahmed’s still-life miniatures serve to remind us that it is these small blessings and life itself that are sacred.”
The show will continue at the gallery6 (House no. 19, Street 10, F-8/3) till December 23, daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., including weekends.
‘Lifelike Similes,’ an exhibition of realistic paintings by Aqeel Javaid from Rawalpindi and Kamran Ahmed from Karachi, is on at the gallery6.
Both artists are exhibiting their work in Islamabad for the first time and both have come up with a truthful and accurate depiction of objects that are part of daily life. In doing so, they invite attention to the beauty of the ordinary and unadorned. Accuracy of detail, remarkable colour choice, depth, and brilliance are key features of their art.
Aqeel Javaid, better known as Teetu, works on large scale in order to depict an artist’s surroundings. There are boards with several sketches and paintings on paper. The presence of sticking tape and thumbtacks adds interesting visual effects of unfinished work in these paintings. “I am a man in a world of fake realities, in a world of humans with ‘poster’ like feelings, in a world where paper has the most dominating value, rather than flesh,” expressed Teetu, who did his Masters in Fine Arts from the Punjab University in 2006.
In one of the paintings, Teetu has portrayed an old green door with a lock, while a red kite with tapes shows the importance of old and used items in the artist’s life. All are works of oil on canvas. “I don’t know about style; just wished to be called a painter. I have no specific palette; have never known about my mood. All colours are mine. I am just a painter with modern ideas; having a realistic manner with surrealist thoughts,” Teetu expressed.
In contrast, Kamran’s paintings are miniatures in size. All are oil on canvas and depict books, envelopes, pencils and their containers; objects on the reading table; earthenware and ceramic vases and cups; metal kitchen containers and pipes; fruits and basket; drapes; a chair and scenery. Most of these appear as real as photographs unless viewed closely for extremely fine brush strokes.
Kamran, who graduated from Karachi School of Arts in 1996, was inspired to move towards realism after attending a painting exhibition of Shakil Siddiqi in 1995, while he was a student. The artist has participated in nine group shows in Karachi and Dubai and then spent several years abroad in the animation industry.
Discussing Kamran’s work, Karachi-based art critic Muniza Agha-Fawad once wrote, “Amidst the routines of daily life, the dullness of our tasks, and the frustrations with which we live, Ahmed’s still-life miniatures serve to remind us that it is these small blessings and life itself that are sacred.”
The show will continue at the gallery6 (House no. 19, Street 10, F-8/3) till December 23, daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., including weekends.
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