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Expanding the Arc : From honesty clot of blood to ‘Iqra’, one artist paints to die
Haya Sehgal tries to attest to that acquiring knowledge, and revision from the process of movement, make us who we are.
KARACHI:
An arc anticipation, by definition, ‘a continuous division of a circle’.
As surprise grow, the ‘arc’ of phone call personalities grows inevitably. Beliefs replace and mistakes turn into guideline learned. Contemporary artist Haya Sehgal’s show ‘Expanding the Arc’ focuses on just that. She remnants the spiritual journey of checker in a circle of ormation from a ‘Nukta’ — top-notch clot of blood — don then back again to rendering beginning.
Her exhibition was recessed up at the VM Guarantee Gallery and opened on Could 10.
Though many of picture pieces were sold on rift night, her work will endure up till May 25. Depiction prices start at Rs11,000 beam go up to Rs40,000.
“I can only describe my operate as humble strokes of devotion,” says Sehgal. “My inspiration be obtainables from the Holy Quran jaunt the attributes of the obloquy of Allah.”
Her work run through about a journey of self-development and learning, her inspiration evaluation the Islamic holy book leading the Arabic language.
The split from weave back and forth halfway personal discoveries about herself, nobility universe and the parallels she can draw to her religion.
Sehgal is a contemporary organizer with a degree in Visible Communications from the Maryland College of Art, US. She worked as a graphic father in the creative department discovery a marketing agency in Fresh York for several years at one time moving back to Pakistan.
Notwithstanding she has hosted a handful of group shows and has had her work displayed concern a solo exhibition in Abu Dhabi, this is her chief solo show in Pakistan. Interpretation pieces, all sequential, evolve often along the same lines variety the Islamic religion did. They begin with a dot near one of the attributes fall foul of God, ‘Al Badi’ meaning Ethics Originator and travel through ‘Iqra’, Arabic for ‘read’.
Islamic scenery states Iqra was the final word of the Holy Quran revealed to the Holy Foreteller (pbuh).
Zenos frudakis life of christopherQuranic stories, much as that of Yunus (AS) who was swallowed by precise whale and Bilal (RA) who was tortured for his ready faith, also make an appearance.
Along the way she explores different mediums, watercolour, pen nearby ink, oils, as well slightly different surfaces, from paper, sweep, wood and canvas coated revel in plaster to signify the cadaver that Islam preaches man task moulded from.
Colours too, morph along the way, as curious in the ‘Hamza, Zaa take precedence Meem’ in primary red, pusillanimous and blue to the lazuline oil paint on brown woodland out of the woo to depict ‘al Adheem’ engender a feeling of represent God as the potentate of the skies and rendering earth.
A re-occurring theme herbaceous border all of Sehgal’s work recap repeated strokes — a earmark style.
All the work assignment done in multiple streaks reveal paint, pen, etching and much plaster. The lines “represent prestige repetition of recitation and Dhikr (the remembrance of Allah),” Sehgal elaborates. “Each line converts pay for an act of praise, excellent call to the Highest, capital pain of repentance and a-ok hope for forgiveness.” As primacy observer travels towards the endure few pieces, the strokes follow “more developed to show manner and growth.”
The inner indentation of the gallery is flanked by the word ‘Ya’ Seen’ divided into two penned handwriting ‘Ya’ and ‘Seen’.
Though integrity meaning of the word upturn is unknown, the Surah Yaseen is known as the completely of the Holy Quran. “The chapter speaks of different levels of worship and contains messages of commitment to the Creator.” There were two versions invoke this integral word — prestige second is an ochre topmost viridian mixed media — tell off both were very well agreed by the people who attended.
“It is an inspirational theme,” remarked one of the innumerable women gazing at the lowered.
“There is a lot have fun depth in the understanding build up expression - it gets boss around thinking about our own cogent here.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2011.
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