Art And Society at Unicorn Gallery

ART AND SOCIETY
Art books, readings and audience dialogue
Thursday 1st March, 2012
at Unicorn Gallery

6:00 pm NIILOFUR FARRUKH
Art, society & gender politics

6:40 pm M.S. KURESHI
Responding to war
Documentary Screening
and exhibition of paintings and sculptures
by PROF. BASHIR AHMAD

7:20 pm DR. HAMIDA KHUHRO
Re-discovering identity through the visual
reflections on Sindh and Pakistani history

D-116/1-A, Block 4,
Clifton, Near Chinese Consulate,
Karachi-Pakistan.

Niilofur Farrukh
Niilofur Farrukh is the Founding Editor of NuktaArt, Pakistan’s Contemporary Art. She writes for newspapers and contributes to op-ed pages on subjects like art and society and writes a column’ Critical Space’ for Gallery Dawn. Niilofur Farrukh has presented papers at national and international seminars on art and art criticism. She is the President of the Pakistan Section of Paris based, International Art Critics Association (AICA) and Vice President of the AICA International Board. As a curator she has national and international shows to her credit and represented her country as the Commissioner at The Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka and Tashkent Biennale. She is the co-founder of ASNA an organization formed the bridge the gulf between traditional craft and contemporary art. Niilofur Farrukh has been the co-curator of the last three ASNA Clay Triannnial’s (2000, 2003, 2006) in Karachi and is the author of Pioneering Perspectives (1998).

M.S. Kureshi
M.S. Kureshi is a writer, visual artist and co-author of the newly released publications Remains of Ruins (2011) with Professor BashirAhmad. Kureshi writes regularly for Dawn Gallery on art and society. Saeed Kureshi is an alumnus of the Fine Arts Department of the Punjab University. He has had the privilege of being coached in drawing and painting by legends such as Anna Molka Ahmed, Zulqarnain Haider, Collin David & Bashir Mirza. He has participated in various exhibitions and his paintings are displayed in public places and are held in private collections. He has made major contribution in the initial design and setup of the Pakistan Maritime Museum as a member of the Museum Design Team. He writes regularly for the Dawn Newspaper on Art and undertakes Interviews of painters and celebrities. Saeed Kureshi has held the rank of Rear Admiral in the Pakistan Navy and was awarded Sitar-e-lmtiaz for meritorious services. He has done Bachelors of FineArts Part 1611 from Punjab University, BE (Mechanical) and BSc (Hons) in War Studies from the University of Karachi, MSc Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, and Aero Engineering Application from the Royal Navy Engineering College, UK.

Dr. Hamida Khuhro
Dr. Hamida Khuhro is a politician, writer, professor and historian from Pakistan. She has twice served as Sindh’s Minister for Education. Dr. Hamida Khuhro holds a Ph.D. in Modern South Asian History from the University of London and is the author of numerous publications including: Sindh Through the Centuries Karachi (1994), The Making of Modern Sindh: British Policy and Social Change in the Nineteenth Century (1999), Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: a life of courage in politics (1998), Karachi Megacity of Our Times, co-edited by Anwer Mooraj (2010). She has taught at the University of Karachi, University of Sindh and University of Oxford.

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