Sumaya Durrani
2003
Publisher: Sumaya Durrani
Editor: Sumaya Durrani
Sumaya Durrani
2003
Publisher: Sumaya Durrani
Editor: Sumaya Durrani
The monograph underlines diverse dimensions of the artist’s oeuvre.
Niilofur’s essay discusses the work through the lens of changing meaning of
emblems and icons through time and collective experience.
ESSAY
No Frames for False Gods
By Niilofur Farrukh
The journey of an object to a motif and its final transformation into an icon is one of intellectual intervention.
This act finds a resonance in the spiritual journey of an artist to whom a new realm of meaning is revealed through experiential insights.
This unity of purpose rejects the glitter of false leads to the discovery of the truth. An introspective expedition is not easy to map but the catharsis of the ‘muqamaat’ or stations of realization often generate a creative force that results in verse and
This act finds a resonance in the spiritual journey of an artist to whom a new realm of meaning is revealed through experiential insights.
This unity of purpose rejects the glitter of false leads to the discovery of the truth. An introspective expedition is not easy to map but the catharsis of the ‘muqamaat’ or stations of realization often generate a creative force that results in verse and
Sumaya Durrani, 1996
Sumaya Durrani, 1996
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1996
Through case studies engaged equally in anthropology and visual studies, contributors examine art and artistic production in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal
2019
Pakistan 50 Years documents the collective achievement of the nation. Niilofur’s essay encapsulates the dynamic art history of Pakistan.
1997
‘Gulgee’s Modernism : Crafting a New Unity’ the article by Niilofur was published in the recently launched Gulgee Museum – The Handbook.
2025