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Ahmed Parvezwith Abstract Still Life, photographed at the 1974 Induallery exhibition in which this work was exhibited.
Ahmed Parvezwith Abstract Still Life, photographed at the 1974 Induallery exhibition in which this work was exhibited.
Ahmed Parvez
Untitled (Still Life on Red), 1974
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 61 cm
29 7/8 x 24 1/8 in
29 7/8 x 24 1/8 in
Further images
“In the latest phase, new elements have crept in. The structures are floating, escaping the hold of the centre, rushing towards the outer rims of the frame are his Ys...
“In the latest phase, new elements have crept in. The structures are floating, escaping the hold of the centre, rushing towards the outer rims of the frame are his Ys like the crutches of Dali? Are his escaping ribbons symptomatic of growth? Why is everything twisting, writhing and wriggling? Or, it is the fascination of flowing rhythm, unmanageable flow, grace of the movement or the sparks of fireworks?”
Hameed Zaman, 1974
Hameed Zaman, 1974
Provenance
Indus Gallery, Karachi;Thomas and Barbara Dimmock, UK, acquired in Pakistan in the mid/late 1970s
Exhibitions
Ahmed Parvez, Indus Gallery, Karachi, December 1974South Asian Modern Art 2022, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 9 June - 1 July 2022, No. 27, (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue)
Literature
Morning News, Karachi, 15 December 1974 (illustrated in black and white)
Morning News, Karachi, 12 October 1979 (illustrated in black and white)
