Feminist voice!

Feminist voice!

A Quick view of Dr. Sumaira Javed’s show (Formal and conceptual Analysis)

Written By Maryam Baber

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Dr

Sumira Javed, Lahore based female artist who has been keep

remaining the legacy of figurative painting as main premise. She is one of a few female painters whom have gratitude to maintain art education as medium of “Art expression”. In Pakistan, there are rare PhD Fine Arts studio practitioners. Dr. Sumaira is not only PhD in studio but also a dynamic personality who has been serving as supervisor PhD, in many leading art intuitions in Lahore.

However, one cannot easily talk about the common factors such as colors, Subject matter etc. In her personality, there is glance of a Feminist beholder.

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ARE FEW DISTINCTIVE AND FORMAL FEATURES WHICH MAKE HER VISUAL

DIALOGUE MORE VERBAL, APART FROM THE METAPHORIC LINGUISTIC SHE TALK ABOUT.

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In her recent work, there is stimulating Colors blending of flamboyant hue with dusky pallet. However her formal training as studio practitioners, automatically guiding her sense of improvisation and compositional balance. Such as in the ‘Imagining Forbidden’ painting, there is senses blend of red petals on calm surface.

Eyes interacting with viewer! In her every painting, the female is fearlessly interacting with the viewer. As she is A quick view of Dr. Sumaira show by Maryam Baber .

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facing the society, with strong glance. Which shows the power of ‘female’ and ‘strong faith’. In the painting ‘Reverence 2’model is facing the world undoudtly, fearlessly and consciously. But her headdress is raising a question to her strong body language.

End of June 2015, U.S legislation allows same gender marriages approval. In the whole world there are people whom are taking this type of freedom in law, as human rights evolving authority. Being well aware person Dr. Sumaira has also portray the same ideology in a much poetic way. Where she silhouetted Male behind the shadow of the female. Sometimes a female behind the couching of female.

There is a vital expression throughout the history of figurative painting. This is “Plastic beauty “a metaphor of “stable being”.

In her paintings, there are clear A quick view of Dr. Sumaira show by Maryam Baber .

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references of the today’s female anthropology. In first glance, ‘adornment’, close to Iqbal Hussain female models that have been suffering from the male hood dominating culture and their salutary practices.

One can easily toward the past! history of visual from neoclassic, female ‘Reverence

investigate her knowledge and interest There are many indirect references from arts i.e. head dresses from Turkish bath arrangement of flowers with portrait of 2’i.e. Farida Khelo.

Conceptual Interpretations: According to Dr. Summaira, the rose and female share fragile folds and fantasies which compliments each other with smiles and refer to purity, virginity, seduction, secrets, sexuality, fertility and regeneration. Both have given voices to the unfathomable imagination of poet and helped history of mankind to be aromatic, sumptuous and romantic. These paintings depict the ensemble of the female and the rose as quintessential to each other, both to be admired, appreciated and revered at the same time limit full bloom and life.

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The paintings display intimate moment in time when love is the rule, the reverence, the blind faith, the truth and dependency, the loss of direction that might come about when a person encounters the mystical and mysterious pattern of love; as layers of rose imprison the dewdrops and fragrance without letting them free.

It is a subtle reminder of the inexplicable and affectionate nature, as associated with the defined and refined ideologies of the feminist and challenge a lot and revealing very little has been an instinctive and intentional practice for me, leaving it to the imagination of the viewers.

A quick view of Dr. Sumaira show by Maryam Baber .

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A quick view of Dr. Sumaira show by Maryam Baber .

All pictures copy writes reserved to Ejaz Art Gallery