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Dawn Saturday, February 1,
2003
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Abdul Salim, Claims to be a
pioneer in the field of digital painting. A 1952
graduate from the Myo School of Art, Mr Salim
uses computer codes and digitized information to
produce his paintings. His pastels and water
colors had already created their market when he
ventured into the high-tech field of digital
painting. His most recent work includes a large
variety of digitized work painted like oil color
prints. His work seems to blur the dividing line
between fine arts and advanced technology.
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Daliy Times Friday, January 31, 2003 |
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Mr Salim is an experienced artist, with digital
paintings his forte. Though digital paintings
were once not considered art, it has now become
popular in the West as well Pakistan. The artist
graduated from Mayo School of Art (National
College of Arts) in 1952. His first group
exhibition of digital paintings was held on
April 26 last year at Kunj Art Gallery in
Karachi. One of his most popular works includes
the 99 names of Allah painted in water colors,
combined with Arabic and English calligraphy. He
has also designed and produced many sets of
greeting cards, based on cultural life in
Pakistan. |
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The Nation, Monday, October 12, 2003 |
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Abdul Salim has taken advantage of computer
technology and created computerized prints as
good as paintings. They do involve imagination
on the part of the artist to rotate, cut and
rearrange images already fed in a computer. He
make’s a choice of colors fed in the computer.
Digital art has gained momentum in the west and
in Pakistan as well. An early graduate (1952) of
Mayo School of Art (National College of Arts,
Lahore), Abdul Salim surprises his viewers with
his digital prints. |
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The Nation, Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
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Abdul Salim, who has taken advantage of computer
technology and created computerized prints as
good as paintings, said that computer has turned
upside down all the set norms of life pertaining
to all fields including all kind of arts whether
it is film making or painting as its fast pace
has catalyed the whole system to the extent that
what seemed impossible in gone years, is
possible now. “Digital art has gained momentum
in the west and in Pakistan as well. Especially
younger generation of artists is bringing out
astonishing results on their papers with digital
imaging”, said an artist. From his childhood
Abdul Salim was influenced by the artistic
envirous in Delhi (India) where he was born and
completed his early education from Punjabi
Muslim High School in Delhi. He has worked on
Punjab culture. |
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The Nation Wednesday June 19, 2002 by
SAMIM AKHTER |
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Computer has turned upside down all the set
norms of life pertaining to all fields including
all kind of arts whether it is filmmaking or
painting. Its fast pace has revolutionized the
whole human system to the extent that what
seemed impossible in gone years, is possible
now. Abdul Slim has taken advantage of computer
technology and created computerized prints as
good as paintings. Now that ‘bad art’ is
accepted as a form of art. Digital as has gained
momentum in the west and in Pakistan as well.
Especially, younger generation of artists is
bringing out astonishing results on their papers
with digital imaging. Honestly, it is a field
for the young artists. An early graduate of Mayo
School of Art (National College of Arts,
Lahore), Abdul Salim surprises Iris viewers with
his digital prints. His current displays at Kunj
include a large verity of digital prints painted
in the manner of oil color paintings. |
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Dawn Saturday, May 11, 2002 by AYESHA
KHAN |
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Another early graduate (1952) of the old Mayo
School of Art, Abdul Slaim, Presented a
synthesis of art and technology in the form of
his digital prints. These, when seen from a
distance, could easily be mistaken for
paintings. Composed in electrically vibrant
multi-colors, these also came with an ethnic
flavor. Crafted in effortless spontaneous
strokes, it was the immediacy and the casualness
of the style that was captivating about these
prints. The subject was rural figures from
across the country, dressed in traditional
attire. Salim’s focus was on portraits: a folk
singer, a Punjabi Maiden, a tribesman from NWFP,
s Sindhi vilager, etc. The background was merely
complementing the colours, filling in the
negative space. There were also some full-length
figures, some in action and some posing
statically, their eyes wincing in the sharp
sunlight. In appearance, these emulated the
mannerisms of oil paintings but fell short of
the tangible, built-up, texture associated with
the real oils. On close encounter, they revealed
themselves in all the flatness and absolute
sleekness of a printed image. The public
response to the show was hard to categorize.
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