Sunday, December 13, 2015

Sheherbano Hussain


Artist: Sheherbano Hussain
Title: "Childhood Innocence"
Media: Photo Montages & Oil on Canvas
Date: 2013



Biography: Sheherbano Hussain lives and works in Karachi. She earned her bachelors digree in fine arts from Indus Valley school In 1995 & also in Archetecture in 2009. She was inspired by her travels & was drawn to Sulfi culture. She was nominated for 2011 Asian Sovereign Art prize.

Statement From Hussain: "I have tried to recollect & relive the magic & wonder one feels in the formative years before life makes us cynical"

Background: Some of her paintings portray scenes of an army base camp, which is where she grew up as a child.

Connection: Hussain has taken an adult image with the momory of her childhood living on the army base.

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