Who has the cleaver?

A personal statement on our society. 

Each sculpture in this instillation is life size, and was sculpted. Nothing came out of a mould.

Stories

Each piece was to portray a feeling. Small conscious or unconscious gestures that may speak volumes for those who would notice.

 Each piece of this instillation was sculpted, and not out of a mould. 

Us and them

Political satire

piece one

piece two

piece three

all these three were presented in a pitch black room with a single spot light in a location that was partially under construction and had been ignored for a long time.

the reason for choosing a place such as this was that over the past few years, this thought has been growing onto me, that, the political condition of this country has been forgotten incessantly. everyone who steps to "power" tends to play with the tendons of this fragmented country as if it were their toys, and when they are
absconded from power, all the affairs lie in shambles.

there are many of us who would follow a party for the sake of loyalty despite knowing how the hardball is being played. twisted power struggles that leave the people and the economy strangled with no escape routes.

Pakistani politics just like their movies has had its round of applause, too early. too early have the leaders left us, too early have we become apathetic to the present situation, too early have we stopped caring for the freedom we take for granted.... too early have we let go.

5th semester

This is the 5th semester end presentation details of which i have already posted in earlier posts.

 

multiples of silence

This was a slip casting project and an introduction towards instillation art. We were required to chose objects of interest that could be slip-casted and be used in this instillation project.
I chose the cap of a perfume bottle (j adore by Christan Dior). standing alone, it almost has the appearance of a silent figure.

these were my mini instillation that act as individual pieces yet they are like small maquettes for every concept that accompanies them.

This instillation is called the 'Balance.' The modules hang loosely dipping either out or inwards of the sphere.

This instillation is a silent comment on power play called the 'Chess.'

'The Silent Dialogue.'

'The Evolution'

"Who', was my personal favorite out of all 6 instillation options. This instillation consists of 12 silent multiples. These pieces are hollow, and only one was glazed from the inside, yet on the outside all 12 look identical. These pieces were placed on a piece of glass which was elevated above a mirror that showed the inside of all the pieces.

The concept behind this piece was myself. i have always been very gullible when making friends, trust and dependability have always been very easy to offer, and i have suffered a lot, and learned a lot too.  All people look the same, we can never know who they actually are. Life has taught me that there are soo many layers to the human mind that it is impossible to even try and fathom them all and surely impossible, almost self-indulgent to suppose that we know a person, because the truth is that we don't even know who we are, and a lot of times we may even surprise ourselves by our own actions when we dwell upon them in retrospect.

'Zen'