My Picks from the Urban Landscapes at My Art World

Art plays a huge role in our lives and it is always fun to go around looking for things that inspire, and art is one of them. But for me, the city has always been a great place to find inspiration from. Since I've been a kid, I have loved the urban feel of the cities. It's always held a very magical and a mesmerizing hand on my thoughts.

Over the years, our lives have evolved. Our cities have evolved and it has had a huge impact on our art. To show the urban effect on our art, and our lives, My Art World, the gallery in Islamabad, is displaying a two person show by Mina Arham & Amal Uppal from today to next week, 20th March. It's gonna be awesome and a fun event.

Check out the sneak peak here



14 11044620_837027106377733_2467369675463556437_o 3 8 2 5For me, the exhibition shows that the mundane of our lives has been invaded by toxins in such a way that the smoke of it all has become a part of the routine, and that has infiltrated our mundane to be the norm. And we are numb to it.

 

Curator note:
Urban Landscapes is an ode to the ever-evolving cityscapes that surround us. The show is curated in the heart of our capital city Islamabad as a symbolic gesture. It is the seat of government but hasn’t yet experienced the same mushrooming growth of financial centres like Lahore and Karachi. These artists have studied major cities and depicted their organic growth, through expansion of population, buildings, construction and demolitions. These are cities in Pakistan, however, as art, these images represent a global perspective relating to any city in the world.
Zara Sajid


THE ARTISTS


While working on this series, a number of events took place in Lahore, attacks and basic shortages being the most prominent. Though this isn’t news, I feel it is our own personal protest that we still keep going. At this stage I saw my work take a turn and what had originally begun as a salutary study, now was, a visual metaphor for our collective energy as a society.
Amal Uppal


I was born in Lahore, however, I spent most of my childhood in Islamabad. I moved back to Lahore in 2003. I graduated with Honours in Fine Arts from National College of Arts (NCA) in 2014. I was selected for an exchange program which gave me the opportunity to visit Japan in 2013. Since graduating I have exhibited in Islamabad, Lahore and Indonesia. Currently, I am working with the Agha Khan Foundation at the Shahi Hamaam in Lahore. Here, I have gotten the rare opportunity to restore murals and Fresco paintings which is taking place for the first time in Pakistan's history.
Mina Arham


ADDRESS: My Art World
5,A, Agha Khan Road,F-6/3, Islamabad, Pakistan-4000