A blend of relationships intricate in life with multifarious feelings, such as agonize, worries, agitation, hopelessness, pleasure, joy, delight, tragedies, disappointment, boredom and so on. All this can be witnessed in a group show titled 'Faces, Traces, Places' of three artists - Babar Moghal, Farazeh Syed and Raja Najam-ul-Hassan at Gallery 919. All the artists encounter these facts of life impressively. They express well the spirit of life in their paintings according to their perception. Each of them see life in their own way but in the end give a message of hope and expectations for a better future.
Babar Moghal’s paintings stimulate a person’s mystic sense. He uses different motifs and various shapes with high tone colours. Awry images emerge on his canvas revealing the spiritual side of life. His work show images of a spirit wondering lonely, trying to find the purpose of being in this annihilating world. The paintings show a mystic white figure following shadows in a dark space in a hope to reach the world of desire.
His versatility can be seen by his works on display. He had a couple of oil paintings, a water colour and two drawings.
His paintings are like dreams, showing strong feelings to have successful life but the fear of loosing can engulf the success. For the last fifteen years Babar is associated with the art world. This time he attempts to deviate from his regular conceptual work and some work based on rock music and tried to break the lock, and he has succeeded in doing so. The new soft touch of his work is eye catching. Now he is experiencing the freedom to express freely and smoothly, which every artist required to do notable work.
Farazeh Syed got her foundation training in fine arts from National College of Arts, Lahore and then for more studies in art she went to New York where she studied figure drawing and oil painting. During 20 years of her relationship with art she continuously learnt and experienced the art of painting including the understanding of application and demonstration on the canvas. While going through the artistic process of practice and presentation she knows how to deal with the subject and perfectly conveys her message through her works.
She portrays human feelings and situations experienced by them during their lifetime irrespective of the gender and age. Her works is near to our daily life showing realism thus she wants everyone to observe what’s happening in the surrounding and make a difference. She shows deeply involvement in expressing relationships and tragedies of human life especially women and children. She provides a source to reveal their emotions through her canvas. Her style of work is attractive. She tries to make a difference by portraying different episodes of sufferings, weariness and dejection of women’s life. She wants us to ponder and feel the boredom in the life of domestic urban women who stay at home leading a quiet life doing home-keeping. These women are confined to their homes living a dull routine life, doing daily chores. The women are painted in an informal manner showing their real expressions.
Raja Najam-ul-Hassan’s paintings are full of endless beauty of nature. Inspired by the green pastures to deserts and hilltops to marshes, Najam explore the natural beauty. Full of energy and life he expresses his feelings in vibrant colours giving hope and enthusiasm to live a happy life.
His love for nature can be seen in his rural and coastal landscapes. The warmth in his canvases attract viewers and they enjoy the gift of natural beauty, which is for everyone without exceptions. His refreshing landscapes soothe your eyes. His canvases are overflowing with beauty of nature.
Not just for the visual delight he wants his paintings to make people think about the natural treasures around them. Anything such as sea, sky, clouds, wind, rain, quietness or bright yellow mustard flowers can influence him to paint, which gives him immense pleasure.
It offers him great satisfaction when people share the same feelings, which he has put in his paintings as he believes everyone has love for nature and appreciate its beauty. Because nature is near to our souls it gives solace that our mechanical life style has taken away from us. His paintings contribute to revive those long gone emotions that were part of our peaceful life.