Sharjah Art Foundation Library

Anwar Jalal Shemza

Shemza, Anwar Jalal

Anwar Jalal Shemza - Cornerhouse publications; Ridinghouse; 2015 - 224p; 29x24cm

Layering postwar geometric abstraction with Arabic calligraphic forms, Anwar Jalal Shemza’s rich and imaginative body of work is surveyed for the first time in this comprehensive volume. Born in India in 1928, Shemza attended art school in Lahore, Pakistan, and was soon recognised as a leading artist and literary figure. He then moved to London in the mid 1950s to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, where his art underwent a fundamental transformation. His subsequent work in painting, drawing and printmaking rigorously deploys geometric and calligraphic forms to engage with dilemmahttpss of identity, culture and place in the modern and contemporary era. https://www.artbook.com/9781909932135.html


English

9781909932135


N8350-8356 Art as a profession. Artists


Pakistan

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