Exhibition of Love Peace Harmony by Abid Khan At Ejaz Art Gallery

Exhibition of Love Peace Harmony at Ejaz Art Gallery

Ejaz Art Gallery: Born in 1966 in Lahore to a working class family, Abid Khan started practical life early when he began helping his father, who was an optician, after the school hours. Being a below-average student, his studies could never interest him. Drawing school charts and learning an optician’s skills were among his major interests. He continued working at his father’s shop until he earned his Masters degree in English literature in 1993. With a passion to paint and draw, he kept on practicing on his own, as he lacked resources to have formal art education. In 1996, he met a senior painter, Khalid Iqbal, and showed him his works. He agreed to guide him because of his seriousness in learning to paint and this was the turning point for Abid Khan.

In 1999, he had his first solo show of cityscapes, executed with dry pastels though it was well-received by the media and art circles, only one painting was sold at the show due to which he had a lot of pressure from his family to do something else to earn living. However, his father supported him and encouraged him to continue to paint. He continued displaying his works regularly in solo shows, winning appreciation and gradually having his share in the art market. Inspired by the impressionist painters Monet and Van Gogh, he is working for more than 15 years with 10 solo shows to his credit. Popular for his delicately treated landscapes, he works with soft brushstrokes and mellow tones usually on low textured canvasses. He is among the few Lahore-based artists working as whole-time painters. the works of Iqbal Hussain, Colin David and Khalid Iqbal have been his permanent sources of inspiration.

His latest SHOW will be at EJAZ ART GALLERY named “LOVE, PEACE, HARMONY” on 22nd October, 2014 and will be remained on display till 1st November 2014. If you are a real art lover then you should visit this exhibition. Some of paintings which will be on display are:

I Lived and Loved by Abid Khan

Life After Here By Abid Khan

Sweet Sweet Dream By Abid Khan

The Songs of Spring By Abid Khan

A Life of Sensation By Abid Khan

The World of Romance and Beauty By Abid Khan

I Speak No Latin More But Painting By Abid Khan

You Loved Me Quite Enough By Abid Khan

The Songs of Flowers By Abid Khan

Love Peace Harmony By Abid Khan

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Very Beautiful Painting By Mashkoor Raza

Mashkoor Raza      |36″ x 30″|    Code: PT: 3721        Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: This very beautiful painting was made by very famous painter of pakistan “Mashkoor Raza”. This painting was made by a technique known as Oil on Canvas and have the size of 36 inches x 30 inches. You can see the detail and complexity of work Mashkoor has taken into this painting.

Mashkoor Raza is one of the most celebrated and talented artists of Pakistan who like to paint horses and women a lot. Once a senior artist said “The artist who is capable to draw and paint “A Horse” with its right proportion, and anatomy is a true and qualified Artist”. Mashkoor Raza is known for his Figurative Abstract and has been acknowledged by every viewer as well as artist.

Dutch and French artists tried to incorporated horses in their paintings over the last centuries but not a single one has created such creative and complex abstract compositions with a lively and exciting line work and no one has used such glowing colours in variegated synchronisations like Mashkoor in Pakistan. The majestic animal bears immense fascination for Mashkoor. Horses serve both as a subject and symbol in his paintings. He portrays horses as a symbol of beauty, power and speed. He maximises the impact of his strong drawing skills to establish details in small and large canvases alike. Mashkoor uses the language of colours, which contains a degree of independence from visual references in the real world i-e, Horse s and Women. 

Mashkoor has been holding solo exhibitions almost every year since he graduated from Karachi School of Art in Fine Art in 1972 standing first, in the First Division and winning a gold medal. Today he is proud of being one of the school’s first graduates. He has also participated in many national and international displays around the globe and his paintings have been selected for the art collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A large number of art lovers, artists, art students, art critics and collectors visited the gallery and admired Mashkoor Raza’s work and the book. 

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Iqbal Hussain The Radical Painter of Pakistan

Iqbal Hussain               |19″ x 22″|           Code: PT: 3257            Oil on Board

Ejaz Art Gallery: Iqbal Hussain is famous for the controversial topics that he has been painting since long. He born in the city famed for the performing arts like music and dance. Iqbal Hussain has been a great exponent of figurative painting with a convinced approach that can be titled as the antithesis of feminism and its accepted etymology. Female figures in his paintings, do not present the concept of splendor and fragility that we associate with the woman. His paintings, rather display the other side of the society where the dialect of this term is confined to materialistic exploitation of the human nature and emotions. In his paintings female body represents that she does not stand for the accepted values of a society for a woman. 

With this attitude and style, Iqbal Hussain became known as a socially aware artist within his capacity as a painter. He is among those practitioners of art who used art for life. His art is alive because it is deeply rooted in the society and culture he lives in; this applies to both of his figurative and landscape or cityscape painting.

The cityscapes of Iqbal Hussain, seem the continuity of his figurative painting as they represent the disheveled complexity of the walled city architecture, in a manner that its walls, roofs and the heavy environment adds to the unheard silence of the noisy and busy life around.

These cityscapes let the viewer wander through the intertwined streets, breathe atop a rooftop, and sneak a glimpse of the Badshahi Mosque or the River Ravi. This practice also serves the artist to harmonise his profound perception to the infinity of nature. 

Iqbal emerged as a radical and notable painter of Pakistan owing to his serious concerns with the environment and ambiance where he was born and spent his early life and youth. Since he never shied away from own that locale, with all the sincerity and acknowledgement, his art is candid in its representation.

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Top Painter of Pakistan; Allah Bux

Allah Bux                |24″ x 36″|                Code: PT: 3555                       Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: Ustad Allah Bux was a Pakistani veteran painter and etcher known for painting folk tales, village life, landscapes and portraits. He was born in Wazirabad in 1892. He worked as an apprentice to Ustad Abdullah at the tender age of five years. Ustad Abdullah was a true Mughal miniature artist of Lahore. In 1914 he went to Bombay, where he was employed as a photographer, retouch artist and portrait and landscape painter at the Bombay Art Studio. After returning to Lahore in 1919, he became a fine art painter who supported himself as a commercial artist. Most of his work was in oils and on larger scales but he also experimented with other mediums. He was good in water-colours, pen & ink, tempera colours, pencil and paints. His imagination is so strong that he has covers even the minutest of details in his paintings. 

He also learnt painting art from Master Meeran Bakhsh Naqash, a known teacher and painter and was also the Vice Principal of the Mayo School of Arts. Ustad Allah Bux worked for various private agencies as a commercial artist and never stayed at one job for long. 

He was awarded 1st prize in painting in a competition held in Bombay. Later on he was awarded countless prizes. He was also awarded Presidents medal for Pride of Performance. In 1979, through RCD’s program, the government of Iran reproduced one of his paintings on a postage stamp.

He died on October 18, 1978, leaving behind a long list of his admirers and followers. Ustad Allah Bux was a real asset for this nation. His traditions will be preserved for generations to come and his contribution will always be remembered.

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Mashkoor Raza, Famous Painter of Pakistan

Mashkoor Raza  painting of horses      |48″ x 72″|   Code: PT: 3418Oil on Canvas

Ejaz Art Gallery: Mashkoor Raza is one of the most celebrated and talented artists of Pakistan who like to paint horses and women a lot. Once a senior artist said “The artist who is capable to draw and paint “A Horse” with its right proportion, and anatomy is a true and qualified Artist”. Mashkoor Raza is known for his Figurative Abstract and has been acknowledged by every viewer as well as artist.

Dutch and French artists tried to incorporated horses in their paintings over the last centuries but not a single one has created such creative and complex abstract compositions with a lively and exciting line work and no one has used such glowing colours in variegated synchronisations like Mashkoor in Pakistan. The majestic animal bears immense fascination for Mashkoor. Horses serve both as a subject and symbol in his paintings. He portrays horses as a symbol of beauty, power and speed. He maximises the impact of his strong drawing skills to establish details in small and large canvases alike. Mashkoor uses the language of colours, which contains a degree of independence from visual references in the real world i-e, Horse s and Women.

The exhibition offers a wide perspective of Mashkoor’s work. From images of women to action-packed horses – to calligraphic masterpieces and abstract art pieces, the exhibition encapsulates them all Mashkoor’s major artworks are of commendable quality, bold colours combination and fine strokes capture the diverse presentation of women and horse in attractive semi-abstracts paintings while aesthetically beautiful calligraphy is also part of his works. Present at the occasion, the senior writer and art critic, Marjorie Husain praises the efforts of Nadeem Zuberi and said, “Zuberi has documented a fantastic book and he must carry on the good work”. 

She affectionately speaks highly of the artworks by Mashkoor Raza. She said, “Mashkoor has a quiet unique style of painting, he has done terrific work. One thing I love about his work is that when you see his work you are actually communicating with him through that work and that’s a special quality of him”.
Speaking fondly about Mashkoor Raza she said, “Mashkoor is one of my favourite artists. His artworks has something that touches others heart. He is also a great person other than an artist. His bold colours come spontaneously from within. The way he uses strong and light colours in his compositions shows his unparalleled quality”. 

Mashkoor has been holding solo exhibitions almost every year since he graduated from Karachi School of Art in Fine Art in 1972 standing first, in the First Division and winning a gold medal. Today he is proud of being one of the school’s first graduates. He has also participated in many national and international displays around the globe and his paintings have been selected for the art collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A large number of art lovers, artists, art students, art critics and collectors visited the gallery and admired Mashkoor Raza’s work and the book. 

Exhibtions and Awards Won by Mashkoor Raza: 

1976 Group Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1976 Group Show at Karachi “Artists from Sind”

1977 Group Show, Portrait of Iqbal.

1978 Solo Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1980 Solo Show at Indus Gallery, Karachi.

1981 National Exhibition by Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan, Islamabad

1982 Solo Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1982 Solo Show at Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan, Islamabad

1982 Group Show “Paintings from Pakistan” in the U.S.A.

1983 Solo Show at Gallery II, Karachi.

1983 Group Show in Japan through Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.

1984 Solo Show at Shakir Ali Musuem, Lahore.

1985 Solo Show at Indus Gallery, Karachi.

1985 2nd Prize, National Exhibition by Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.

1986 Solo Show, Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.

1987 Solo Show at Sheraton Art Gallery.

1988 Solo Show at Gallery Chawkandi.

1988 Solo Show at Pearl Continental Art Gallery.

1988 Group Show 4th Asian Art Biennals Bangladesh.

Taken part in most Group Exhibitions.

My work is to be found in many Private Collections.

1989 Solo Show at Gallery Chawkandi.

1991 Solo Show at Gallery Chawkandi.

1992 Solo Show at Art Gallery, Islamabad.

1993 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery.

1994 Solo Show at Indus Art Gallery.

1995 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery.

1996 Solo Show at Artwala Gallery.

1996 Group Show at Mon Art Gallery.

1997 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery.

1997 Group Show at IZMIR.

1997 Group Show at Malaysia.

1997 Group Show at Pakistan Art Council, Karachi.

1997 Solo Show at 20th Virsa Gallery ,Islamabad.

1997 Group Show Pakistan Artists at London.

1997 Solo Show at Momart Gallery, Karachi.

1998 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi

2000 Solo Show at Croweater Gallery, Lahore

2001 Solo Show at Art Gallery, Islamabad

2002 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi

2003 Solo Show at Clifton Art Gallery, Karachi

2003 Solo Show at Nomad Art Gallery, Islamabad

2004 Solo Show at Aline Finance Art Gallery, Karachi

2004 Solo Show at Croweater Art Gallery, Karachi

2004 Solo Show at Nomad Art Gallery, Islamabad

2005 Solo Show at Gulmohar Art Gallery, Karachi

2006 Show at Hong Kong

2006 Group Show at Delhi from Ejaz Gallery

2007 Solo Show Dubai

2007 Solo Show at Nomad Art Gallery

2008 Native Art Gallery

2009 Solo Show at Nomad Art, Islamabad.

2010 Solo Show at Nomad Art, Islamabad

Besides above exhibitions he has participated in many national and international group shows in USA , Izmir, London, West Germany, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Canada, Bahrain and Iran. Painting selected for Paintings Collection at The Albert Museum, London.

The most recent award is The Presidential Pride of Performance in 2007.

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