FREE PALESTINE !

Before the rains hit Karachi, a wonderful show by emerging artists  has opened at Majmua the Art Gallery on june 21st 2025. the show will continue till june 30th 2025. A part of the proceeds will be donated to Palestinian embassy or AL-KHIDMAT.

THE ARTISTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING ARE: ABDUL QADEER, SEHRISH ABBASSI,NAGEEN JEHANGEER, MAHAM ISHTIAQ,

MAHROZ ANSARI, SHIFA HAMEED KASMANI,IFFAH GUL, AISHA YASINSYED, NABEEL AHMED, FATIMA ARZOO HASSAN, LAIBA ATIF,ALIFIA KAMRAN, IFFAH SHAIKH,MUHAMMAD RAMZAN RAHIMOON.

MANY ARTISTS PAINTED   MASJID E AQSA,  FAMILIES DISTRAUGHT HOLDING THEIR BLEEDING CHILDREN, SOME PAINTED WOMEN  AND HORSES AND A FEW LANDSCAPES.

THE WORKS BY LAIBA ATIF  AND MAHROZ ANSARI AND SHIFA HAMEED KASMANI WERE CONCEPTUALLY STRONG AND  QUITE VIBRANT. FATIMAS BEAUTIFUL BISMILLAH  WAS QUITE ATTRACTIVE. HER  SECOND PAINTING WITH DESTROYED  AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE RUBBLE LOOKING FOR THE LOVED ONES WAS AN APT DESCRIPTION.

NABEEL AHMEDS RENDITOIN  OF HUMAN FIGURE IN LINE WORK ALMOST CUBIC  AND SYMETRICAL IN NATURE REFLECTED THE TRAUMA AND TORMENT ON THE POOR SOULS. SEHRISH ABASSIS MAN ON A HORSE GALLOPING WITH A PALESTINIAN FLAG IN HAND , TAKES YOU BACK TO THE MEDIEVAL AGES.  IN ALL 14 ARTISTS DISPLAYED THEIR WOK FOR THIS NOBLE CAUSE.

THE COLLABORATED EVENT UNDER THE TITLE FANKAR ALONG WITH  PAINTERS AWARDS WERE ORGANISED BY   ART CORNER AND  RANGLOK WHO ARRANGED THE AWARDS AND SUPERVISED THE ARTISTS. THE SHOW WAS CURATED  JOINTLY.

HONOURABLE ARTISTS  WERE  SPECIAL GUESTS WHO GAVE AWAY THE  AWARDS. THEY WERE MAINLY. TARIQ  TONKI. SYED ALI SHAH, TAYYABA ASIF AND MR. NASEER OF ARTBEAT, YASMIN MIRZA, WAHAB  HINGORA AND SHAHINA NAZ

IT WAS A  VERY GOOD EFFORT BY SHAHZAD KHATRI, RAZIA SHAIKH AND MEHREN ILAHI  TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM AND TO ALSO CREATE AWARENESS ON  AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

THIS INTURN EMPOWERS ARTISTIC VOICES AS WELL AS HELPS THEM GROW AND EVOLVE AS ARTISTS.

THE SHOW IS A CELEBRATION OF ART AND A COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL ARTISTS .