Art Of War (And Paint) - Quddus Mirza’s Latest Show Is A Deep Dive Into Violence And Creation
Quddus Mirza's latest solo exhibition at Canvas Gallery in Karachi presents a series of abstract oil paintings that explore violence as a fundamental condition of existence. The show, titled "Art Of War (And Paint)," features large-scale works built through exhaustive layering, with deep crimsons, burnt yellows, and cooling greens. Mirza offers only a single phrase as an artist's statement—"A perception in paint, in and of the world around us"—refusing viewers a conventional interpretive framework. Each painting begins with worldly stimuli from his Lahore studio, such as passing planes or news imagery, and evolves through a process where thought and action are deliberately separated.