Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"

This paper reviews the cubist movement and its impact on the young artists in Pakistan. This practice-led research project investigates from an evolutionary perspective, how the Pakistani art scenario started to take a leap forward after the independence. Starting from Abdul Rahman Chughtai, Allah...

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Main Author: Mughees, Shahnila *
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sunway University 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/396/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/396/1/SAJ_10_2014_01-21.pdf
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description This paper reviews the cubist movement and its impact on the young artists in Pakistan. This practice-led research project investigates from an evolutionary perspective, how the Pakistani art scenario started to take a leap forward after the independence. Starting from Abdul Rahman Chughtai, Allah Bux and Sheikh Shujaullah’s conventional style, the modernism of Shakir Ali was soon found dominating the art scene. No wonder Shakir Ali is regarded as the first daring artist, responsible for introducing cubism into Pakistan. This study thus proves that it was cubism, which proved a vital source of art propagation and acted as a pillar for initiating new trends in the art genre of Pakistan. In conclusion, cubism also served as a platform for those artists who were striving to get new vistas for self-expression.
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spelling sunway-3962016-09-29T09:24:18Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/396/ Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance" Mughees, Shahnila * ND Painting This paper reviews the cubist movement and its impact on the young artists in Pakistan. This practice-led research project investigates from an evolutionary perspective, how the Pakistani art scenario started to take a leap forward after the independence. Starting from Abdul Rahman Chughtai, Allah Bux and Sheikh Shujaullah’s conventional style, the modernism of Shakir Ali was soon found dominating the art scene. No wonder Shakir Ali is regarded as the first daring artist, responsible for introducing cubism into Pakistan. This study thus proves that it was cubism, which proved a vital source of art propagation and acted as a pillar for initiating new trends in the art genre of Pakistan. In conclusion, cubism also served as a platform for those artists who were striving to get new vistas for self-expression. Sunway University 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nd http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/396/1/SAJ_10_2014_01-21.pdf Mughees, Shahnila * (2014) Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance". Sunway Academic Journal, 10. pp. 1-21. ISSN 1823-500X
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Mughees, Shahnila *
Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"
title Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"
title_full Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"
title_fullStr Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"
title_full_unstemmed Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"
title_short Cubism in Pakistan: "An evolutionary glance"
title_sort cubism in pakistan: "an evolutionary glance"
topic ND Painting
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/396/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/396/1/SAJ_10_2014_01-21.pdf