The darker the night, the shinier the lights
Ayaz Jokhio – Karachi, Gouache on Wasli, 20.5 x 26.5 Inches*
*Image courtesy Canvas Gallery (Khi) – From the exhibition Non-Commissioned Portraits and Landscapes
Considering how I’m feeling lately and taking into account what my country is going through these days (and it seems always), it’s no wonder that this work by Ayaz Jokhio struck a deep chord within me. His Karachi also reminds me of another – Karachi by Night, a 1956 painting by Modernist painter Zubeida Agha, has always always held a powerful hold on me. In an odd-ish way, this is an ode to a city that’s never been my home.
Zubeida Agha – Karachi by Night, 1956, Oil on board, 30″ x 26.5″
Apologies – my usual snarky self is on a blogging hiatus. As always, there is much to say – but …
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Very difficult to articulate legible responses to that painting, so thanks and well did.
Very cryptic! But from the tweets that followed, I now know it meant you loved the Zubeida Agha. Yes…very uff uff uff gorgeous.
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