The Jharoka Art Gallery (JAG) has arranged an exhibition of calligraphy coinciding with the holy month of Ramazan.

The JAG has displayed a collection of 30 calligraphic paintings by five artists featuring the medium of oil on canvas, oil on lather and constructive art. The artists include Arif Khan, Saima Ishfaq, Raheela, Hanif Khan and Qadiri.

The exquisite calligraphic works by Arif Khan reflect true Islamic spirit and his artistic ability. The artist has a unique distinction of writing the Quranic verses on leather by giving numerical shapes and geometrical motifs to his works.

Khan using the medium of leather for calligraphy has adopted the medium of oil on canvas and Wasli (handmade paper) by bringing changes in his style.

Created on Wasli, which is commonly used for miniatures, the artist has contributed his own style of carving and painting blended with calligraphic designs to give the art piece an antique touch.

Inspired by spirituality, the artist has gone a long way in developing his own style over the years.

Khan, who has used pure Islamic colours like turquoise, blue and gold, has tremendous flow of rhythm and movements in his works.

His unique style of carving on Wasli paper makes his work distinctive, and inspires people by his natural flow of Quranic script.

The fabulous art pieces of Islamic Constructive Art by Hanif Khan explore the technique of constructive art from decades.

The technique is based on the Russian idea to blend the painting and sculpture in an art form.

His work is an amalgamation of architecture, painting and carvings by using wood, paint and teracotta as a medium.

He has used geometrical motifs in paintings to give a pure Islamic look in the constructive techniques that also depict deep earth tones.

Such kind of art started in 20th century in Russia, while Hanif brought this art to Pakistan in 1988 to create the motifs in an Islamic spirit.

Besides making a blend of sculpture and painting, Hanif has also portrayed exquisite Calligraphy in his art pieces with a unique distinction.

The artist has contributed his own style of carving and oil paint on wood blended with calligraphic designs to give the art piece an antique touch.

This exhibition is the regular feature of the Jharoka Art Gallery during the holy month of Ramazan every year to project Islamic traditional arts and Muslim heritage.

It covers the aspects of reviving Islamic traditions, acknowledgement of traditional calligraphic techniques and encouraging contemporary experimentation with calligraphy.

{Source: Daily Times}