KARACHI – Foreign and local artists set a record by making a joint22-metre-long painting at the five-day Second International WatercolourBiennale 2018 titled Pearls of Peace Season-II held at the Centre ofExcellence in Arts and Design (CEAD) of the Mehran University ofEngineering & Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, on Friday.The event, inaugurated on Wednesday, has been organised by CEAD incollaboration with the International Watercolour Society (IWS).
The paintings on display depicted Sindh and its culture, especially theThar region and its landscapes with various concepts.
Several thousands of visitors included students of various public andprivate educational institutions, art lovers, artists, teachers,dignitaries and writers.
They thronged the corridors going towards A.R. Nagori Gallery where 444paintings from 60 countries are put on display and 20 foreign artists andmore than 50 local artists keep sharing their experiences with the visitors.
15 foreign artists, including Liu Yi of China, Ze Ze of Hong Kong, EndrePenovac of Serbia and others, and 10 local ones participated in makinghistory by painting a 22-metre-long sheet at a lawn of CEAD while carryingvarious thoughts focusing on Tharparkar.
Countries which are participating in the exhibition included the US,Italy, Canada, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Iran, India, Nepal,Bangladesh, Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania, Peru, Serbia and others.
The foreign artists also enjoyed ride of a well-decorated horse carriagewithin the premises of CEAD, folk and cultural music and dance of all fourprovinces during the musical night arranged in their honour.