{"id":20504,"date":"2023-09-12T00:36:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/?p=20504"},"modified":"2023-09-12T00:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:36:33","slug":"islamabad-urdu-times-federal-minister-jamal-shah-inaugurates-a-solo-exhibition-titled-portraits-of-quaid-at-pnca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/?p=20504","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad (Urdu Times) : Federal Minister Jamal Shah inaugurates a solo exhibition titled \u201cPortraits of Quaid\u201d at PNCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad &#8211; 11 September 2023 (Adnan Hameed): Interim Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Jamal Shah on Monday inaugurated a solo exhibition of paintings titled \u201cPortraits of Quaid\u201d organized by Ali Azmat, a renowned artist in collaboration with ForArtSake curated by Amna I Pataudi and Dr. Rahat Naveed Masood here at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).<br \/>\nAddressing the inaugural ceremony, Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Jamal Shah paid rich tribute to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for his vision, untiring hard work and charismatic leadership to win a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent.<br \/>\nThe minister said that the artist has thematically tried to capture what Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah envisioned for Pakistan.<br \/>\nHe said that the exhibition is a fantastic amalgamation of hyper realistic paintings and drawings of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.<br \/>\nThe minister said today, there was a need for the nation to emulate the Father of Pakistan\u2019s everlasting principles of faith, unity and discipline to face the current challenges.<br \/>\nPraising curator Amna I Pataudi, artist Ali Azmat and ForArtSake, he said PNCA should acquire few photographs. He said that the arts can transform you like nothing else.<br \/>\nJamal Shah said that National Heritage and Culture Division and its attached departments would organize more cultural activities including theatre, music, film festivals and China Pakistan Economic Corridor Cultural CPEC) Caravan.<br \/>\nThe curator of exhibition Amna I Pataudi thanked the Federal Minister Jamal Shah for inaugurating the exhibition. She said that for the first time any artist is federal Minister for Culture and who is himself one of the renowned artist. She said that nobody can better understand the issues of artist\u2019s community than Jamal Shah.<br \/>\nThe show was organized to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Mr Jamal Shah quoted at the inauguration ceremony \u201cAli Azmat adds color, aesthetics, and takes up the responsibility to bring clarity and awareness in the larger political landscape of the country. Ali Azmat has accomplished this feat remarkably well in his works. As you walk from one painting to another, you can see how brilliantly Azmat Ali captures the changing expressions of the Quaid\u2019s visage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116044\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" \/><br \/>\nThe artist has painted a benign smile in one, changes into mild bewilderment in the next, looks melancholy sometimes, and disappointed in others. The repertoire of expressions is as rich as the colorful strokes of the artist. His works reflect his love for nature, history, and spirituality, as well as his social commentary on contemporary issues. He uses various mediums and techniques, such as oil, watercolor, acrylic, collage, and mixed media, to create his unique style.<br \/>\nThe exhibition will remain open for public viewing till 18th September, 2023 at the National Art Gallery of PNCA. It is part of PNCA\u2019s efforts to promote art and culture in Pakistan and to commemorate 75th Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam.<br \/>\nThe show was heavily visited by a large number of audience including artists, students, VIPs, Government officials, press &amp; media etc. A large number of students visited the show and interviewed the artists about their techniques and\u00a0art\u00a0practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad &#8211; 11 September 2023 (Adnan Hameed): Interim Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Jamal Shah on Monday inaugurated a solo exhibition of paintings titled \u201cPortraits of Quaid\u201d organized by Ali Azmat, a renowned artist in collaboration with ForArtSake curated by Amna I Pataudi and Dr. Rahat Naveed Masood here at Pakistan National Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,57,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-news","category-57","category-56"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20507,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20504\/revisions\/20507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyurdutimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}