وقت کی سرگوشیاں، روشنی کی کہانیاں

Whispers of Time, Stories of Light
Curated by FS Karachiwala

In وقت کی سرگوشیاں، روشنی کی کہانیاں (Whispers of Time, Stories of Light), the
works of Masood A Khan and AQ Arif converge in a dialogue that is both poetic
and profound, an exploration of memory, light and the timeless pulse of human
existence.

Masood A Khan, in his decades-long pursuit of a “new realism,” brings forward a body of work that rises from abstraction, guided by the thought, “If I could smell light.” His canvases radiate an unseen fragrance of illumination, emerging from darkness to reveal layered meanings and stories. In works such as Einstein with Monkeys, he questions humanity’s trajectory, proposing a return to simplicity and harmony as a survival imperative. His art embodies light as both metaphor and presence, fragile, emotive and transformative. AQ Arif, by contrast, paints silence into form. His muted palettes and expansive landscapes are spaces of stillness where stories quietly unfold. Figures drift through these worlds, bearing solitude and contemplation, while Mughal architectural forms anchor his narratives in a cultural lineage that is at once historical and meditative. His works become intimate reflections, whispers of
memory shaped by heritage, space and time.

Together, the two artists create a rhythm of contrasts and continuities: Masood’s light rising out of shadow like a fragrance, and Arif’s landscapes of quiet resonance, grounded in history and contemplative stillness. Both cross the delicate terrain of memory, belonging and imagination, each in their own language yet harmonized in spirit. Whispers of Time, Stories of Light is not merely an exhibition, it is an encounter with the unseen. Listening the softvoices of light and time and arriving into a space where love, heritage and reflection touch into story and silence alike.