Controlling the narrative – Part 2/6
Pakistani Female Figurative Artists Series
These women are the ‘joie de vivre’ of the Pakistani Figurative Art Scene.
By Anum Lasharie
With great pride, I present to you 6 female artists who are changing the narrative and shooing away the cultural stigmas attached to figurative artistic expression in Pakistan.
These 6 brilliant artists who will be introduced to you over 6 individual features, ignite a unique dialogue, ripe with debate and controversy. Challenging love, angst, and society, with awe-inspiring abandon.
Welcome to part 2/6 in our series of introducing some of the coolest female figurative artists Pakistan has to offer.
Amna Rehman
Amna Rehman may be a recent graduate of the National College of Arts, but her talent speaks for itself, so much so, that she already has heads turning in the art world. Rehman’s sensitivity is evident in her work as is her curiosity. The subjects in the paintings are rendered in an earth-like palette, masked with an air of fearless respite; their gaze defiant, eyes dark and lips parched.
Her female subjects are left to be, be themselves, unconcealed, no airs, no graces. Rehman’s work is a product of her fascination with the form and structure of the female figure, how bodies connect, curves appear, capturing the impact of weight and posture. Powerful and honest, Amna Rehman is one artist to watch out for.
