PNCA to arrange workshop on Islamic ornamentation from Nov 12-19

Islamabad, The National Art Gallery of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) is going to organize a workshop on Islamic ornamentation from November 12 to 19.

Expert of calligraphy and ornamentation Abdul Razzaq Razi will conduct the workshop for students, amateur artists and art lovers.
 
Through various theoretical and practical sessions, the participants will learn to create and arrange geometric patterns, which make up one of the three non-figural types of decoration in Islamic art, which also include calligraphy and botanic patterns.

Whether isolated or used in combination with non-figural ornamentation or figural representation, geometric patterns are popularly associated with Islamic art, largely due to their aniconic quality. Consisting of, or generated from, such simple forms as the circle and the square, geometric patterns are combined, duplicated, interlaced and arranged in intricate combinations, thus becoming one of the most distinguishing features of Islamic art.

The organizers said the workshop would introduce a unique style of calligraphy and ornamentation by the experts in the field.

National Art Gallery at Islamabad is the only one of its kind in Pakistan where works of art representing prominent artists are displayed permanently for viewing of public. The significant collection of these treasures of art is being collected in small rooms being turned into National Art Gallery. Almost 423 art pieces are in our permanent collection, purchased or gifted by the artists for National Art Gallery

National Art Gallery in Islamabad Pakistan is a newly established art gallery in the capital city. It is the country’s first national art gallery which was opened to the public on Sunday, August 26, 2007. National Art Gallery Islamabad is built on a small hillock opposite the Majlis-e-Shoora (the Parliament of Pakistan) and the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

Today this National Art Gallery has overcome decades of political turbulence to become an eye-catching symbol of modernity and creativity in a nation more often associated with Islamic conservatism.

Almost 423 art pieces are in permanent collection, purchased or gifted by the artists for National Art Gallery. The significant collections of treasures of art are being collected in small rooms being turned into National Art Gallery.