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Calligraphic exhibition opens today

Published: October 12, 2011

OUR STAFF REPORTER

LAHORE – Group calligraphic paintings exhibition of seven known artists of the country will open at the Revivers Galleria in Gulberg today (Wednesday).

Titled “The Art of Calligraphy”, the calligraphic paintings exhibition will continue for a fortnight till October 25 providing the art lovers in general and those interest in calligraphic paintings in particular vast opportunities to view the calligraphic art work on display at the Revivers Galleria which will also remain open on October 16.

On display in the exhibition are as many as 48 selected calligraphic paintings of Amjad Butt, Bin Qullander, Chitra Pritam, Mashkoor Raza, Mussarat Arif, Riaz Rafi and Tariq Javaid who hail from Lahore, Karachi and other parts of the country.

Curator of the Revivers Galleria, Sara Anjum expressed the confidence and hope that the art lovers and collectors in general and lovers of calligraphic art work in particular would greatly appreciate the calligraphic paintings depicting the holy verses on the canvass which have been done in different interesting and inspiring mediums.

She said it was an honour for the gallery that the new art season was being opened with group exhibition of calligraphic paintings, adding that more solo and group paintings exhibitions were in the pipeline for the coming weeks and months.

Simultaneously, another exhibition of paintings and ceramics titled ‘Harmony of Colours and Emotions Reflects Moods’ will be opened at Alhamra Art Gallery, The Mall. The exhibition having works of Zammurd Safdar will remain open till October 15.

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