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'''Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori''' (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes.<ref>[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120404/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm |date=28 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Jang">{{cite news |last=Salwat |first=Ali |date=20 September 2007 |title=Nagori – Voice of conscience |url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html |newspaper=[[Daily Jang]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004144821/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html |archive-date=4 October 2007 |accessdate=9 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/103997/legend-lost-political-painter-ar-nagori-passes-away/ |title=Legend lost: Political painter AR Nagori passes away |publisher=The Express Tribune|date=15 January 2011}}</ref> He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958.<ref>{{cite book|last=Romasa|first=Amber|title=Nagori : voice of conscience|editor=Karachi : Foundation for Museum of Modern Art|publisher=Oxford : Oxford University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-969-8896-02-7}}</ref> He taught at the [[University of Sindh]] in [[Jamshoro]], [[Pakistan]] where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts. He was honoured with President's Pride of Performance Award announced on 14 August 2010.<ref name="award">{{cite news|url=http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13789 |title=President confers civil awards on independence Day |publisher=Pakistan Times |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313004500/http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13789 |archivedate=13 March 2012 }}</ref>
'''Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori''' (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani [[painter]] known for his socio-political themes.<ref>[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120404/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm |date=28 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Jang">{{cite news |last=Salwat |first=Ali |date=20 September 2007 |title=Nagori – Voice of conscience |url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html |newspaper=[[Daily Jang]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004144821/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html |archive-date=4 October 2007 |access-date=9 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/103997/legend-lost-political-painter-ar-nagori-passes-away/ |title=Legend lost: Political painter AR Nagori passes away |publisher=The Express Tribune|date=15 January 2011}}</ref> He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958.<ref>{{cite book|last=Romasa|first=Amber|title=Nagori : voice of conscience|editor=Karachi : Foundation for Museum of Modern Art|publisher=Oxford : Oxford University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-969-8896-02-7}}</ref> He taught at the [[University of Sindh]] in [[Jamshoro]], [[Pakistan]] where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts.
{{Infobox artist
| name = Abdul Rahim Nagori
| death_date = Jan, 14th, 2011
| birth_date = 1939
| nationality = Pakistani
| spouse = Mehfooza Diwan Nagori
| alma_mater = 1961–65: B.A. (Hon), Fine Arts (Painting), M.A. Fine Arts (Painting), [[University of the Punjab]], Lahore
| awards = President's [[Pride of Performance Award]]
| death_place = Karachi
}}

He was honoured with President's [[Pride of Performance|Pride of Performance Award]] announced on 14 August 2010.<ref name="award">{{cite news|url=http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13789 |title=President confers civil awards on independence Day |publisher=Pakistan Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313004500/http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13789 |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref> He was married to Mehfooza Diwan Nagori.


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
*1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.<ref name="Jang"/><ref>[http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/chronicle/1982.htm Brush with authority, The Chronicle of Pakistan]</ref>
*1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.<ref name="Jang"/><ref>[http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/chronicle/1982.htm Brush with authority, The Chronicle of Pakistan]</ref>
*1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by [[Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists]] (PFUJ).
*1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by [[Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists]] (PFUJ).
*1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.<ref name=newsline>{{cite magazine |author=Salwat Ali |date=June 2004 |title=The Art of Protest |url=http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ |magazine=[[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]] |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009031601/http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ |archive-date=9 October 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.<ref name=newsline>{{cite magazine |author=Salwat Ali |date=June 2004 |title=The Art of Protest |url=http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ |magazine=[[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]] |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009031601/http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, "Road to Democracy", held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |last=Fineman |first=Mark |date=27 November 1988 |title=Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-11-27/news/mn-1061_1_central-jail?pg=2 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.<ref name=newsline /><ref>[http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=ASIA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3825641&iSaleNo=16393&iSaleSectionNo=1 Bonhams Auction] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083016/http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=ASIA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3825641&iSaleNo=16393&iSaleSectionNo=1 |date=8 July 2011 }}</ref>
*1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, "Road to Democracy", held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |last=Fineman |first=Mark |date=27 November 1988 |title=Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-27-mn-1061-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.<ref name=newsline /><ref>[http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=ASIA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3825641&iSaleNo=16393&iSaleSectionNo=1 Bonhams Auction] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083016/http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=ASIA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3825641&iSaleNo=16393&iSaleSectionNo=1 |date=8 July 2011 }}</ref>
*1990: "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists.
*1990: "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists.
*1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.<ref name=newsline/>
*1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.<ref name=newsline/>
*1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger.
*1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger.
*1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore.
*1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore.
*2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at [https://archive.is/20130416031103/http://www.vmartgallery.org/about_us V.M. Art Gallery], Karachi.<ref>[http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726024828/http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm |date=26 July 2012 }}</ref>
*2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at [https://archive.today/20130416031103/http://www.vmartgallery.org/about_us V.M. Art Gallery], Karachi.<ref>[http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726024828/http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm |date=26 July 2012 }}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
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==Awards==
==Awards==
*2011: Pride of Performance
*2011: Pride of Performance

== Published letters ==
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2001/11/26/letted.htm#12 National Art Gallery, Daily Dawn Newspaper, 26 November 2001]
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/05/14/letted.htm#5 Shifting of Archives, Daily Dawn, 14 May 2002]
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/09/01/letted.htm#6 Pride of Performance, Daily Dawn 1 September 2002]
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/09/12/letted.htm#4 When Merit Suffers, Daily Dawn, 12 September 2002]
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/10/14/fea.htm#3 On Khushwant Singh, Daily Dawn, 14 October 2002]
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/12/09/letted.htm#7 Artists and political subjects, Daily Dawn, 9 December 2002]
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2004/10/03/letted.htm#4 Mulk Raj Anand, Daily Dawn, 3 October 2004]

== Published articles ==
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/a_change_for_the_worse.pdf A change for the worse, The Star, 9 January 1986]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/can_art_be_called_islamic.pdf Can Art be called Islamic? The Star Newspaper 13 April 1986]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/a_search_in_the_wrong_direction.pdf A search in the wrong direction, The Star, 12 June 1986]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/art_and_the_pakistani_press.pdf Art and the Pakistani Press, The Star, 7 August 1986]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_artists_place_in_society.pdf The artists' place in society, 4 September 1986]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_wily_serpent_lives.pdf The wily serpent lives, The Star, 4 December 1986]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/riveras_resolution.pdf Riveras Resolution, The Star, 21 May 1987]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_arts_as_social_awacks.pdf The arts as social AWACKS, The Star Newspaper, 8 October 1987]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/a_land_of_equal_opportunity.pdf A land of equal opportunity]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/in_scorn_of_official_overtures.pdf In scorn of official overtures]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_unaesthetic_realities_of_life.pdf The unaesthetic realities of life]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/trading_horses_for_art.pdf Trading Horses for Art, The News International, 7 December 1992]
*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/art_under_dictatorship.pdf Art under dictatorship, Seminar Paper read at Goethe Institute, Karachi, 18 October 1996]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.arnagori.com Official Website of A. R. Nagori]
*[http://www.arnagori.com Official Website of A. R. Nagori]

*[http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/17/copyright-the-estate-of-a-r-nagori.html The loss of a free thinker: A.R.Nagori, DAWN newspaper, 17 January 2011]
*[http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2011-weekly/nos-23-01-2011/enc.htm#3 After Nagori: The man who spoke his mind and painted what he believed in…, The News International, 23 January 2011]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110126164543/http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/01/19/a-r-nagori-the-unreasonable-man-1939-2011/ AR Nagori: The Unreasonable Man (1939–2011), Himal Southasian, 19 January 2011]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110129004329/http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/23/in-memoriam-the-voice-of-conscience-abdul-rahim-nagori-1938-%E2%80%93-2011.html In memoriam: The voice of conscience Abdul Rahim Nagori, 1938 – 2011, Daily Dawn Newspaper, 23 January 2011]
*[http://www.dawn.com/2002/07/14/local16.htm Tribute paid to Ali Imam, Daily Dawn, 14 July 2002]
*[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040508/gallery3.htm Return to the Sphinx, Daily Dawn Newspaper, Gallery, 4 May 2004]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://archives.dawn.com/2005/03/09/fea.htm Sadequain Remembered, Daily Dawn Newspaper, 9 March 2005]
*[http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2006-weekly/nos-20-08-2006/enc.htm#2 Portrait of a Protest, The News International, 20 August 2006]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120450/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/060826/gallery5.htm Rebel with a cause, Daily Dawn Newspaper, 26 August 2006]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120425/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/060917/books2.htm Book Review: The paintings on the wall, Daily Dawn Newspaper, 17 September 2006]
*[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\03\02\story_2-3-2008_pg12_10 Remembering Colin David, Daily Times, 2 March 2008]
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Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes.[1][2][3] He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958.[4] He taught at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro, Pakistan where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts.

Abdul Rahim Nagori
Born1939
DiedJan, 14th, 2011
Karachi
NationalityPakistani
Alma mater1961–65: B.A. (Hon), Fine Arts (Painting), M.A. Fine Arts (Painting), University of the Punjab, Lahore
SpouseMehfooza Diwan Nagori
AwardsPresident's Pride of Performance Award

He was honoured with President's Pride of Performance Award announced on 14 August 2010.[5] He was married to Mehfooza Diwan Nagori.

Exhibitions

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  • 1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.[2][6]
  • 1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
  • 1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.[7]
  • 1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, "Road to Democracy", held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the Los Angeles Times.[8] Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.[7][9]
  • 1990: "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists.
  • 1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.[7]
  • 1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger.
  • 1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore.
  • 2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi.[10]

Education

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Served as

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Awards

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  • 2011: Pride of Performance

References

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  1. ^ In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004 Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Salwat, Ali (20 September 2007). "Nagori – Voice of conscience". Daily Jang. Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Legend lost: Political painter AR Nagori passes away". The Express Tribune. 15 January 2011.
  4. ^ Romasa, Amber (2006). Karachi : Foundation for Museum of Modern Art (ed.). Nagori : voice of conscience. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-969-8896-02-7.
  5. ^ "President confers civil awards on independence Day". Pakistan Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.
  6. ^ Brush with authority, The Chronicle of Pakistan
  7. ^ a b c Salwat Ali (June 2004). "The Art of Protest". Newsline. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  8. ^ Fineman, Mark (27 November 1988). "Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Bonhams Auction Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004 Archived 26 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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