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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]</ref><ref name="Jang">{{cite news|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html|title=Nagori – Voice of conscience|last=Salwat|first=Ali|date=20 September 2007|publisher=Daily Jang|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}}</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]</ref><ref name="Jang">{{cite news|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html|title=Nagori – Voice of conscience|last=Salwat|first=Ali|date=20 September 2007|publisher=Daily Jang|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}}</ref>


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

Exhibitions

  • 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

Served as

Awards

  • 2011: Pride of Performance

Published letters

Published articles

References

  1. ^ In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004
  2. ^ a b Salwat, Ali (20 September 2007). "Nagori – Voice of conscience". Daily Jang. 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.
  6. ^ Brush with authority, The Chronicle of Pakistan
  7. ^ a b c The Art of Protest by Salwat Ali, Newsline, June 2004 Cite error: The named reference "newsline" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ Fineman, Mark (27 November 1988). "Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Bonhams Auction
  10. ^ Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004

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