some years’ time, but to return to your instinctive child art is something which is difficult to grasp,” she added.
Nadia Shaukat, an art lover, believes that Mirza`s pieces are an extension of the flashy newspaper and television reports, through colours and canvas. Malizeh Sheikh said each painting of an artist speaks about the pain we all are going through.
Mirza’s work is clearly distinctive, as the surreal experience to derive pleasure from pain and agony is seldom witnessed and complex yet substantive to understand.
The art lovers can experience the maestro’s work till November 19, Thursday, from 11am to 8pm, at the Canvass Gallery. To sum it up with the words of Jaun Elia, “Rang har rang mein hai daad talab, khoon thookun to wah wa kijiye [I crave praise in every colour, laud when I spit blood.”
An artist is a part of society; he feels it, he has an eye on his surrounding and he responds to it with his work. Don’t expect him to come up with any answer, his expertise lies in his ability to express
— Artisit Quddus Mirza
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