Art: IJAZ UL HASSAN AT CANVAS

A recent Canvas Gallery exhibition "Ijaz ul Hassan ---- Retrospective 2005" was a rare treat because Hasan a prominent senior in the Lahore art circles does not enjoy the same wide recognition here in Karachi and amongst the younger generation familiarity with his work is minimal. The Canvas show, a condensed collection of just 32 paintings was nonetheless a concise summation of the artists oeuvre. Covering a span of 40 odd years from 1959 to 2004 the exhibition was a first attempt by a Karachi gallery to show Hassan whole after nearly 30 years. ... more

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Ijaz Ul Hassan (Pakistani, 1940)

March 12, 2005

Ijaz’s descriptive imagery

By Marjorie Husain

In Ijaz ul Hassan’s paintings, one is tempted to stretch out a hand and pluck the blossoms from a tree, so convincing is his view of nature and descriptive his aesthetic expression. Yet there is much more to the distinguished artist whose work covers a gamut of emotions. A collection of paintings exhibited at the Canvas gallery, celebrate his return to the Karachi scene after a gap of three decades, and is by way of being a mini retrospective covering as many years in art..... more

 
Article appearing in time magazine vol. 170 No. 24, dec 17th 2007