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    Afshar Malik

    Bird eye view
    Bird eye view
    line etching and water color
    11x18 in
    king's Order
    king's Order
    Photo Etching and Water Color
    18x18 in
    Step into the paradise earth
    Step into the paradise earth
    Mix media and acrylic on canvas
    45.4x47.4 in
    Night Ride
    Night Ride
    Mix media acrylic paint on canvas
    22.5x18.5
    Earth Acts
    Earth Acts
    Mix media acrylic paint on paper
    36.4x27 in
    Body Matters
    Body Matters
    Acrylic paint on paper
    23.6x13.2 in
    Unresolved praying
    Unresolved praying
    Mix media acrylic paint on paper
    19.4x14.4 in
    Moonshines
    Moonshines
    Acrylic paint on paper
    12x13.2 in
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    Afshar Malik is a highly respected associate professor at National College of Arts with an illustrious career spanning over 30 years.

     

    His oil paintings contain elements of collage. Fascinated by the way in which images are captured and how they evolve within our memories - the work itself is dreamlike, complex and multilayered with many surprise elements slowly unveiling themselves.

     

    His work “The king's Square” shows the landscape of Pakistan rendered as an exquisite traditional carpet depicting Royal hunting expeditions (a “shahkar”). The kings themselves, however, are shown as sleeping while the land falls into chaos. A poignant political statement through which we see both the artists love for his homeland and his frustration at watching it slowly collapse into anarchy.