Pakistan gallery defies dictators
- Published: 25 Dec 2012 at 10.46
- Online news: Asia
It may not seem the most obvious setting, but a squat building overlooking a slum is home to one of Pakistan's leading galleries, which for 30 years has defied dictatorships and fundamentalists to champion cutting-edge art.
Pakistani artist Qadir Jhatial poses with his paintings during an exhibition at the Rohtas Art Gallery in Islamabad, December 12, 2012. It may not seem the most obvious setting, but a squat building overlooking a slum is home to one of Pakistan's leading galleries, which for 30 years has defied dictatorships and fundamentalists to champion cutting-edge art.
Rohtas Gallery was founded in 1981, at the height of military ruler General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law, as Pakistan was undergoing a programme of Islamisation that imposed Draconian restrictions on culture and entertainment.
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