By Zainab Ali
ISLAMABAD: Fazil Hussain Mousavi continues to attract art lovers by featuring unique calligraphic imagery at a solo show of art held at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).
As many as 20 art pieces are on display titled “Healing the Wounds,” which carries text, calligraphy, symbolism, figurative art, and eye-catching images with deep meanings and messages. These art pieces are created with print, watercolour, ink wash, tea wash, and gold leaf on paper.
Storytelling through calligraphic imagery
Fazil Mousavi is an artist from Balochistan with a niche in visual storytelling. His work has been displayed in many exhibitions, the last at Oxford University, UK. He is the founder of the Sketch Club in Quetta. The sketch club is an art initiative that expresses resilience through the arts. The Sketch Club has received much attention through its international exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, and Los Angeles. Founded in 2009 in Quetta, Pakistan, the purpose was to give back to society by transferring skills and knowledge to the community’s youth.
Fazil shares how the Hazara community responds to the different forms of stigmatization through creativity said the organizers. The show continues till December 15.
The paintings titled “I was caged for few days,” “Shall footprints be the only way to hear their footsteps from now on?”, “What should I do? I was not taught more than that”, “The heavens of wonder carry countless subtleties in its blossom,” “The weather is cold,” and “They said stone becomes ruby” have a narration of ideas and stories visualized by the artist.
