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Art for Education: Contemporary Artists from Pakistan

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Art for Education: Contemporary Artists from Pakistan presents a landmark exhibition curated by Rosa Maria Falvo and Salima Hashmi, showcasing 60 Pakistani artists who have generously donated their work to support The Citizens Foundation's mission of providing quality secular education to disadvantaged children in Pakistan. Held in Milan, this exhibition bridges art and education to promote social change, addressing crucial themes like gender, geopolitics, ethnicity, and social responsibility.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary South Asian art, social activism through creative expression, and the role of education as an agent of change. It is ideal for art enthusiasts, educators, and advocates for social causes.

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The Citizens Foundation (TCF) is a professionally managed, non-profit organisation set up in 1995 in Karachi by a group of citizens who wanted to bring about positive social change through education. Twenty-two years on, TCF is one of Pakistan's leading and award-winning organisations for the education of less privileged communities.

The Italian Friends of The Citizens Foundation (IFTCF) in Milan presents this first-ever group exhibition, Art for Education, showcasing 60 Pakistani artists, both internationally acclaimed and talented emerging, who have all donated their artworks in support of quality secular education for disadvantaged children in Pakistan.

Held at a prestigious museum in Milan, this groundbreaking show is curated by two renowned South Asian art writers and specialists, Salima Hashmi and Rosa Maria Falvo. Few initiatives in the contemporary art world engage the direct relationship between art and education, and fewer still celebrate the status and power of both fields to address and stimulate positive change for global issues such as gender, geopolitics, ethnicity and social responsibility.

In this exhibition, art is truly at the service of education, and education is the tool used by art, through artists and their audiences, to cultivate the hearts and minds of two very different realities.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9788857239453

Publisher: Skira

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 May 2019

Country: Italy

Imprint: Skira

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 910g

Pages: 172

About the Author

Salima Hashmi is a renowned artist, writer, curator, educator and human rights activist, based in Lahore.

Rosa Maria Falvo is an accomplished writer, editor and curator specializing in Asia-Pacific and Middle East contemporary art, based in Milan.

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