Salman Farooqi
Born in Karachi, Salman Farooqi graduated with distinction from the Karachi School of Art. He also studied under Iqbal Mehdi, a senior, renowned Pakistani artist. Salman’s artworks radiate refreshing colors and forms, which are organized on the canvas in spontaneously created geometric configurations with smooth textured lines overlapping and traversing the canvas with ease. His canvases are balanced and eye-catching with rich color palettes and bold compositions, which are aesthetically pleasing. Salman’s works of landscapes focus on impressionism and this technique has gained him acclaim and worldwide recognition.
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Naqsh Art represents a diverse roster of Pakistani artists
Wassi Haider
Wassi Haider is a prominent artist with over 45 years of experience in fine arts. His passion for painting is to better understand and explore the hidden myth within himself.
Wahab Jaffer
Wahab Jaffer is one of Pakistan’s most renowned abstract artists who explores the female form with a contemporary approach using bold, striking color palate and cubist depiction. He trained under the renowned Ali Imam in 1970s and established for himself a worldwide recognition for his style. Feminine faces, birds and vases dominate his style. A closer inspection of his works reveal how the artist uses a cubist approach to simplify the female figure that encaptures the viewer’s attention. His bold style draws attention to the forms in his artworks with stark detailed headwear, hair accessories and birds.
Shaista Momin
Shaista is a self-taught artist who believes that an artist draws inspiration from beauty in human form and from expressions. Her canvases encapsulate women, nature’s most beautiful and complete creation and encaptures their great strength in tolerating pain with a smile. The pigeons or musical instruments such as a flute or sitar in her painting are symbolic of freedom of speech and a woman’s desire to be free. The jewelry on the women while giving the deception of beauty are actually symbolic of chains and restrains, which restrict them from being free.
Naushad Alam
Naushad Alam’s artworks encapsulated the whirling dance of the dervish. His ability to transform his brush strokes to capture a spiritual devotee consumed in a journey of self-transformation embracing divine love , fulfillment and joy in devotion is truly commendable.
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