Painting

Aiza Ahmed Focuses on the Background

December 28, 2021

If you had to assign New York-based Pakistani artist Aiza Ahmed one color from the vast spectrum that exists, it would have to be rose pink. That’s not to say that Ahmed does not experiment with green washes or blue backgrounds or reds or oranges, but of all her work and multiple series spanning the … Read More

Harakaat Apparel is Upgrading Streetwear with Old World Traditions

September 4, 2017

Truck art, but make it fashion. Shah Rukh Khan with a bowlcut and eyes aflame. A single red rose framed by lurid filigree and even more flowers. So many miniscule details you go cross-eyed tracing. Pakistani truck art is a form unto itself–not easily replicated outside of the country and heavily layered in so many … Read More