Artist of the Week "Abdul Rahim Nagori"

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:insh: every week I’ll share brief info and painting from the Pakistani Artist. If you found their paintings admirable than plz do share their painting in this thread. :hat:

Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori:
Born in 1939, was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes. He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958. He taught at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro, Pakistan where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts. He was honoured with President’s Pride of Performance Award announced on August 14, 2010. His Exhibition based on reality of current situation and mostly he painted paintings based on true life. Some exhibition are as under:

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Exhibitions
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1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.

1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).

1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.

1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, “Road to Democracy”, held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the Los Angeles Times. Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.

1990: “I am you” Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists.

1990: “Women of Myth and Reality” exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.

1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger.

1994: Exhibition “Black amongst Blacks” held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore.

2004: Exhibition “Return to Sphinx” held at V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi.

He died in January 14, 2011.

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Nagori... Asif Gujjar must know him :)

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and who is Asif Gujjar?

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blasphemous post. You don't asif gujjar urf asif goli - The Maharaja of Timepass

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No :no:

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To aap intikhab section main timepass thread visit karen.... wo aap ko apne sultant main khush aamdeed kahen ge

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Ramdhan mein no time for ‘time-pass’ :nahi:

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Ok aap ne Zohrain wale thread main unki post paRh lin hongi... Nice boy

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Oh acha oky :)

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nice thread i like it :k:

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and he was awarded pride of performance also nice :hmmm:

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http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/20120302/large-King%20of%20Clubs.jpg

Nagori’s King of Clubs:

Nagori’s King of Clubs has the figure of General Zia. The King of Clubs represents a person who wants to control all mental processes. Zia did just that - whether it was through censorship or draconian laws, he tried to distort our society. He wanted it to become an “Islamic society” and today we can see the repercussions of his decisions.

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Interesting :k:

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:eek: Zia ul Haq without Surma and bhengi aankh… sach kaha hai kisi ne ‘khoobsurti dekhne wali aankh main hoti hai’ :slight_smile:

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http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/20120302/large-King%20of%20Hearts.jpg

Nagori’s King of Hearts, which has the face of the first military ruler Ayub Khan, is a commentary on that man’s reign. The King of Hearts historically is also called the ‘suicide king’. As history will tell you, Ayub Khan made more than a few suicidal decisions. Pakistan fought the 1965 war under his rule, a war that, according to the myth cultivated in this country, Pakistan won (we continue to celebrate Defence Day in September every year). It was also the centralization of the Pakistani state, as carried out by Ayub, that caused the alienation of East Pakistan and led eventually to its secession.

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Ayub was most loved dictator to date :slight_smile: Other dictators like Yahya, Zia and Musharraf are most hated than loved.

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DA had he also made something about Bhutto and other politicians. I would love to see his work for Yahya and Musharraf too

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I will search if I l find anything I will share it

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I'll also try. I liked his ideas

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Ok great