largest exhibition in metropolis, ‘12th Emerging Talent’, VM Art Gallery showcases work by emerging artists

KARACHI: This year’s largestexhibition in metropolis, ‘12th Emerging Talent’, has recently commenced at VM Art Gallery, showcasing a variety of art forms likepaintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, and digitalinstallation.

This year, a large number of emerging artists from across Pakistan have participated and showed their hidden talent before the world.
The gallery’s walls have been covered with impressive work of students from more than 15 art institutions of eight major cities.
On the occasion, more than 160 art pieces, including sculptures, are on display. 
Hundreds of people, including famous personalities, art critic, art lover and the general public, are paying visit to the gallery to witness the class of art displayed there.
VM Director Riffat Alvi told Daily Times that this year, small colleges had also sent their work, which was unique. “We were not expecting such an impressive work from students of colleges in the rural areas, but now we believe soon these artists will give a tough competition to all,” she said, adding that this year’s work was applauded by everyone.
She further said that the main purpose of organising the show of emerging artists was to bring forth the hidden artistic skills of the youngsters “who do not have many facilities”.
“The host this show annually to exhibit the diversity of work being done at different art institutes across Pakistan,” the director concluded.