Iqbal Durrani

Born in 1962 in Karachi, Pakistan, "Expressing my responsiveness to complex human behavior and raw desires has always been a challenging undertaking. Though it all starts with a challenge, soon it becomes a pleasurable journey on the road to ecstasy. Every moment, as the painting draws closer to its end, it sends off a signal to explore yet another possible point of culmination. Ultimately, I find myself completely fulfilled, replete with the goodness of earnest expression—a rewarding outcome of delightful and adventurous knife work on canvas! Serious painting is an activity that engages the soul with the spiritual configuration of life. Women, birds, and flowers, I believe, are all elements of life that bear semblance in characteristic and beauty, which is hard to ignore. Given their unmistakable inspiration, I continued to explore possibilities of arranging these elements on canvas.

I interweave seductive intimacies within my subjects, thus radiating a mysterious temptation and lure. A gradual absorption of my painting engages the viewer’s intellect almost involuntarily and initiates a subtle stimulus that momentarily transports the viewer to another time and dimension. It is a brief but reminiscent meeting with my world of lovable characters that rather relate to the viewer's own profile. He did many solo exhibitions and group shows."