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Marjorie Husain
Marjorie Husain is a British artist, art critic and writer who lived in Pakistan between the 1960s and 2019. Within the country, she was a prominent figure of the art community as well as being a founding member of its first art gallery. She worked to promote Pakistani art on both the national and international levels. Career Husain came to Karachi in the 1960s after her marriage to Hamid Husain. Both she and husband were art students while in the UK. Marjorie was known as an artist in the community, however over the years she became a well known art critic. In the late 1960's, Marjorie joined a printmaking workshop organized at PACC by the American printmaker Michael Ponce de Leon, Michael Ponce de Lyon. The workshop was the first of its kind in Pakistan and gathered artists from the city. Here she met artists like Bashir Mirza and Masood Kohari. In 1965 Bashir Mirza opened the first commercial art gallery at Kutchery Road in Karachi. Mirza later moved to Germany and so the Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Critic
An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogues and on websites. Some of today's art critics use art blogs and other online platforms in order to connect with a wider audience and expand debate about art. Differently from art history, there is not an institutionalized training for art critics (with only few exceptions); art critics come from different backgrounds and they may or may not be university trained. Professional art critics are expected to have a keen eye for art and a thorough knowledge of art history. Typically the art critic views art at exhibitions, galleries, museums or artists' studios and they can be members of the International Association of Art Critics which has national sections. Very rarely art critics earn their living from writing criticism. The opinions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
