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Rhythms
of Colours resound at Coopera Art Gallery
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Artist Ghazala has experimented with colours to create her
landscapes
&=* Iran cultural attaché says artist has mastery to merge common
occurrences into special scenes
Staff Report
LAHORE: Artist Ghazala’s exhibition of paintings, Rhythms of Colours,
was inaugurated at the Coopera Art Gallery on Friday.
Focusing on landscapes, the artist’s work was greatly appreciated by
the audiences, who found the colour patterns and forms very
aesthetically pleasing. Ghazala has chosen Murree as her primary
focus, varying depictions of the hill station in different, and
experimental patterns.
Experimental: Primarily an abstract painter, Ghazala has chosen to
place colours on her canvas prior to giving them form. This
experimental technique has resulted in interesting and surprisingly
appealing artwork. The most eye-catching of the pieces on display
are Ghazala’s monochromic paintings, which are accented with subtle
shades that move from the darker to the lighter end of the spectrum
as the viewer’s eyes move from the painting’s base to its apex. The
artist has taken great care to present a well-controlled treatment
of colour in her pieces.
One of the more appreciated monochromic paintings has been done
entirely in blue. The end result is very eye-catching, as every
object, from the sky to the trees, is presented in accented by the
colour ‘blue’. Even the moon, overlooking the landscape, is
portrayed in the same, soft colours.
Beauty and mastery: Senior artist Muhammad Javed told Daily Times
that the work was very brave in its experimentation. He said that it
was interesting to see artwork in which colour had been applied to a
canvas before any forms were craved out of it. The director general
of the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Cultural
Centre and the cultural attaché to Pakistan was also impressed by
Ghazala’s landscapes. “In her works you can feel beauty as well as
the mastery to merge common scenes into special scenes. Every
painting is simple but the collection of colors on display has made
them all special,” he said. He said the artist had obviously
expressed her inner feelings on canvas in the form of landscape.
Several prominent artists attended the exhibition of 34 paintings,
including Saleemul Haq, Muhammad Sharif, and Ayaz.
Ghazala was born in Peshawar and studied Fine Arts at the Peshawar
University. She completed a Book Designing and Illustration Course
in 1981 from the National Book Council, Lahore. She has conducted 35
solo exhibitions. She has also won awards from recognised
institutions such as the Khana-e-Farhang-e-Iran, Peshawar University
and the Peshawar Art Council.
Daily Times:Saturday ,May 23,2009
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