Documentary, calendars exhibition violence against women

ISLAMABAD: The Nomad Art Gallery will screen a documentary on ‘Working Women, Culture and Taboos’ and launch calendars to mark 16 days of Activism on Violence Against Women here on December 7.

The documentary screening and calendars show will be followed by poetry recital to highlight the issues of violence against women and call for an end to gender violence.

The collection of paintings portrays various messages through soft expressions of art, masterly skills and symbolism.

Artists including Humera, Sumera Jawad, Abbas Shah, Zia Zaidi, Tabassum Rizvi, Arjumand Awan, Nasreen Aurongzeb, Riffat Khattak, Mubashir Iqbal, N.H Kazmi, Ufaq Ehsan, Nsir Malik, Salma Manzoor, Asad ur Rehman, Zaira Zaka, Nadeem Ahmed, Samreen Asif and Anjum Ayub have captured the sufferings and issues of women in their work.

The show highlights various issues related to women and the paintings also depicted some ways to address the issues through peace.

Salma captures traditional female imagery in masterly skills of transparent nature of watercolors and bring various stages of women’s life on canvas such as behavioral changes, emotional and sentimental picture of traditional female figure, her confrontation with society and changes in behavior due to unequal socio-economic status as her main concern.

Samreen’s works explore the nature of women portraying techniques of miniature art while she chooses bold themes like romance and beauty of women.

Asadur Rehman’s work explores color relationships with countless interwoven brush strokes in rapidly painted canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions.

The events marking 16 days of Activism on Violence Against Women in collaboration with UN WOMEN were arranged with the title ‘Aman Shanakht Banao’ focussing on interactive discussion, workshops and research.

An installation with the main theme of ‘The People Are Demanding’ is also a part of the events to highlight strong representation from all walks of life. Its demands to include a common frame of action primarily focusing on pending legislation to be passed specifically the Domestic Violence Bill and Acid Crime and Prevention Bill., Women and Girls in Humanitarian crisis, access to justice and the marginalization of Women and minorities by taking strong steps at the public and private sectors against all forms of violence.

During the show, a large ‘Mural’ also portrayed messages through symbols and texts by artists and common people on a single canvas that will be open for comment / art work till December 10 (Human Rights Day). app . Daily Times

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