Manzar. Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today
Silvana Editoriale
English Text.
Cinisello Balsamo, 2024; paperback, pp. 304, 350 col. ill., cm 24x28.
ISBN: 88-366-5962-4 - EAN13: 9788836659623
Subject: Civil Architecture/Art,Painting,Photography,Religious Architecture/Art,Sculpture
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Organized by the future Art Mill Museum and presented in collaboration with the National Museum of Qatar, the exhibition - and its accompanying catalogue - presents the enormously diverse output of the painters, photographers, architects and others who have defined the array of narratives, histories, and contemporary perspectives of Pakistan's cultures over the past eighty years.
Originated in Arabic, the word 'Manzar' in Urdu can be translated to mean a scene, a view, a landscape or a perspective, highlighting the extraordinary vitality of the diverse art scenes in Pakistan and its diasporas. A selection of approximately 200 paintings, drawings, photographs, videos, sculptures, installations, tapestries and miniatures present multifaceted modernities and contemporary practices.
The catalogue, designed by Kiran Ahmad, expands on the research with essays by important art and architecture historians, educators, artists and architects from Pakistan.