By AM | Apr 23, 2009 | 330 views
Concern for Children (CFC) is a registered not for profit organization that works to improve the quality of life for children in Karachi’s urban slum areas.
For the past ten years CFC has run a variety of projects in Machar Colony, Karachi’s largest unofficial slum, housing 750,000 people on an average household wage of Rs 2500/month. [...]
By AM | Apr 18, 2009 | 1,565 views
The Indus Art Gallery is hosting a Group Show of Paintings by Hanif Shahzad, Shahzad Zar and their students. The artists have previously exhibited their work in several group shows at prominent galleries. The chief guests for the exhibition are Anwar Maqsood and Fatima Suriya Bajia, both prominent patrons of the arts.
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By AM | Apr 16, 2009 | 618 views
A former student of Karachi School of Art, Qamar Siddiqi is one of the outstanding graduates of his generation. He tends to work in sequences linked by themes of universal interest. Each one of his skillfully painted large canvas in bold colours contains a continuation; a complete story inspired by considered beliefs. In earlier sequences [...]
By AM | Apr 14, 2009 | 254 views
Luminaries, an exhibition of Colonial cut glass lamps and hanging lights, is a much needed opportunity for home owners and gift buyers to break from the common designs flooding lighting stores in Karachi. Although the designs are more traditional in style, they fuse effortlessly with contemporary and modern homes as well, bringing a new charm [...]