“The Fashion Show” + Music by Mame-Saab
Join us at Faraar for an Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by Scherherezade Junejo
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 | 6:00 pm
“The Fashion Show” is an extension of Scherherezade Junejo’s thesis show “The Infection”. Influenced by dance and theatre, her understanding of the human body and its movement has evolved into a deeper and darker take on the meaning behind each posture, the intent of each muscle movement, and the importance of light and space in interacting with the body. “The Fashion Show” is a satire; Scherherezade’s opinion of the truth behind the glamour of a material world which we blindly and religiously follow. Trends are worn as skin and celebrities are bought in bits and pieces only to be discarded for the next big thing. The result is a deeply uncomfortable realisation of the loss of one’s own identity and sense of self.
Music Performance by Mame-Saab
Mame-Saab features Danial Hyatt and Abdullah Tariq (from the band Mole) handling instrumentation via a laptop and midi keyboards, and Zeerak Ahmed on vocals. The triad is a project of Karachi Detour, a forum for aspiring, experimental musical and visual artists in Karachi.
About Scherherezade Junejo
Born and bred in Karachi, Scherherezade is obsessed with all forms and facets of art. Deeply influenced by her family’s involvement with classical music, she learnt to sing and dance at a young age. Her passion for dance and painting culminated when she began attending the prestigious National College of Arts in 2006. The four most important years of her life were spent training in all aspects of traditional and contemporary art, taught by artists and critics such as Bashir Ahmed, Quddus Mirza, Mariam Hussain, R.M. Naeem, Mohd. Ali Talpur, Laila Rahman and Amna Ilyas. NCA provided Scherherezade with a legitimate platform to immerse herself in dance and theatre and she spent four years delivering stage performances across Pakistan. She was able to amalgamate her experience with art as a whole, in her thesis show “The Infection” in January 2010, which was borne as a result of her love affair with painting, sculpture, dance, mime and theatre. She graduated from NCA with Honours in 2010.
Opening Date and Time: Tuesday, 22nd June, 2010 | 6:00 pm
Closing Date: Monday, 5th July, 2010
Gallery Hours: 11:00 am – 9:00 pm – Daily
Venue: PeaceNiche | T2F | Faraar
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