A solo show at Colombo

Renowned Pakistani artist R.M. Naeem who has had numerous exhibitions both in Pakistan and abroad is now holding a solo show at Colombo’s Paradise Road Galleries from September 28 to October 15.

“My work is an outcome of a series of stimulus from my environment,” says the artist. “At one level, it is a nostalgic reminiscence of my childhood days when we used to make paper boats and play with them. At another level, this toy boat symbolizes Noah’s Ark and in turn is an extension of how religion is intrinsically ingrained in every child which comes forth into this world.

The religious iconography which I have connoted through these sexless, bald-headed figures is a symbol of how religions impart the message of peace and it is this factor which binds mankind.” His work also celebrates the indigenousness that is part of who he is, he says.