Retrospective and new paintings Daily Times
Retrospective and new paintings
By Ameer H Ahmad
KARACHI: The Goethe-Institut is exhibiting journalist, cartoonist, editor and artist Ajmal Hussain’s works titled “Retrospective and new paintings”.
In his latest series of paintings that are being described as “Fusion”, Hussain has used several different mediums including acrylic, oil colour, dry pastel, metallic colours and gouache - all fused together ultimately culminating into a surreal, almost poetic form of expression. The compositions are a mixture of geometric forms, abstract symbolism and organic motifs dominated by figurative icons.
In one of his works titled “Sitting Pretty”, a fusion painting on canvas, he beautifully executes the anthropometrics of a sitting posture in geometric shapes. Another interesting fusion piece is the “Lady with Boa” in which he drapes the snake-like pelisse around a beautiful woman.
On the other hand, “The Runners” is an impressionist painting from the ‘70s. He paints women with beautiful eyes and a demure countenance, most strikingly visible in “The Courtesan” in which a woman with exquisitely proportioned facial features holds a red rose delicately, looking straight in the viewers’ eyes.
He paints intricate jewel patterns as necklaces and bracelets on his women, making them look from an ethereal world, the perfect example of which is “Self adornment” where he paints a lean, beautifully decorated and bejewelled woman.
Hussain’s artistic career spans over fifty years.
