Pakistan National Council of the Arts arranged an exhibition of the work of Dr Masuma Abbas, titled Pensive Nature. The event was inaugurated by Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces Kashmala Tariq.
On viewing the work of Dr Masuma Abbas, Kashmala Tariq admired the use of nature as a metaphor defining life and its transition taking refuge in colours.
Dr Masuma, a renowned visual artist, research scholar, art historian, postdoctoral fellow of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, PhD Fine Arts, Lahore College for Women University (LCWC), and Master of Fine Arts from LCWU, has since 1996 participated in almost 20 group shows of painting and calligraphy at a national level.
Dr Masuma’s solo exhibition is a reflection of the artist’s contemplative nature that she expresses through indigenous natural surroundings in rich acrylic tones
Her Passion for Freedom was a 10-day residency programme held at the Institute of Visual Arts & Design, LCWU in May 2014. She has had seven national solo exhibitions, showing a diversity of themes and colours in her work.
Dr Masuma’s solo exhibition is a reflection of the artist’s contemplative nature that she expresses through indigenous natural surroundings in rich acrylic tones.
Her artwork aims to generate positivity in society by bringing it close to beauty and intellectual content of nature.
People from all walks of life attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition, which will continue until May 4, 2019.