(Pardo) Woven artworks by #GhulamHussain

I have graduated in 2009 as a miniaturist from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. My family is craft orientated and as they are my initial inspiration, my artwork is craft based. Most of it revolves around the passionate world of childhood memories. My childhood drawings, which filled my school notebooks, showed my continue interest in basic shapes, vertical and horizontal lines. I prefer a humanistic approach to what makes a person happy, enriched, and fulfilled. This primitive, bold style imagery collaborates with very intricate hand woven Wasli and my school note books. This transforms into interesting compositions which stimulate the viewer's imagination and exploration of one's own memories. My work evolved from my personal interaction with the works of Piet Mondrian during visits to Museum Of Modern Art New York in 2013. I relate myself with the squares; rectangles and the stripes weaved together. This strong inspiration materialized into a series of works and an exhibition titled “Woven Narratives, A dialogue with Piet Mondrian”. As I belong to the land of historically rich with culture, heritage and crafts I have a personal attachment with the crafts of Sindh like rali, chatai, and charpai. My current body of work evolves from this strong inspiration and connection to Sindh crafts and Indus civilization. I am intrigued by the nature of perception and by optical effects and illusions which has evolved in my current body of work showing my personal interaction and inspiration with the op art moments. My work is the combination of Low Craft Art (Ralli, Charpai, Chatai) and High Craft Art (Op Art). The block patterns and rectangular shapes strongly give the impression of Rali Art in my work. I weave the structure and patterns which is the reflection of Charpais and Chatais. The pieces are created in black and white, giving the viewer the impression of movement and vibrating patterns depict the illusion effects of Op Art. I thinks OP ART is the modern form of RALLI CRAFTS.