Sana Dar’s solo exhibition ‘Life in Colour’ at Islamabad’s 8B2 Gallery is a celebration of the duality and complexity of life, expressed in vivid, pure colours.

We’re immediately struck by the juxtaposition of intricate detail and a wild, free expressionism in her work. Geometric paper, painstakingly hand-cut, gives us structure to backgrounds and skies, crisscrossing the (sometimes metaphorical) canvas like branches of a tree — intricate, precise and repetitive.

Layered on to this are spontaneous, textured and dramatic paint expressions, mirroring the fractal nature of the cut-outs, but with the randomness of natural fractals — wet paint pressed to wet paint and pulled apart gives the same natural geometry as a retreating wave leaves on the sand.

We see that the artist is exploring the nature of complementary opposites — like the light and the dark,........

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