Water and oil painters from Lahore have donated paintings worth Rs 0.9 million for the October 8 earthquake victims and more art shows have been planned to assist the victims, one of which will be held at the Lahore Fort.
In addition to donating the Rs 0.9 million, the painters are holding more exhibitions to send aid to the affected areas. The Punjab Archeology Department (PAD) is holding a paintings exhibition, water and oil mediums, at the Lahore Fort in collaboration with leading painters of the city. PAD Director General Oriya Jan Maqbool told Daily Times on Saturday that the theme of the exhibition would be ‘Historical Monuments’, but the dates for the exhibition had not yet been finalised. The exhibition could be held in the second week of February, he said, adding that the exhibition would also be part of an awareness campaign to educate people about historical monuments.
Punjab Arts Council (PAC) Executive Director Ghulam Mustafa said that he had already donated a painting worth more than Rs 0.1 million. PAC was working on an exhibition for the victims and it would be held in February or March, he said, adding tentatively that PAC would collect paintings from various painters for the exhibition over the next two months. He said that being a painter and the executive director of PAC, he was constantly motivating his colleagues to paint more for the victims because it would take several years to rehabilitate them. He said that he would paint a few paintings on the earthquake theme for the next art show for victims.
Ramzan, the owner of the Ejaz Gallery, said that the gallery held an exhibition some months ago, where painters from Lahore donated paintings worth Rs 0.9 million. He said there were around 67 paintings, of which 35 had been sold and the rest had been sent to artist and actor Jamal Shah in Islamabad. He said that the Ejaz Gallery would hold another exhibition soon to collect funds for the quake victims.
Actor Jamal Shah said that paintings worth Rs 3.5 million had been donated for victims, which included the Rs 0.9 million collected in Lahore. He said that a painting exhibition to collect donations was also held at the Convention Centre in Islamabad in collaboration with the Pakistan Television. The actor said that he was arranging another exhibition in February, which would be held in Karachi
Source: Daily Times
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