{"id":26132,"date":"2019-12-24T08:58:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=26132"},"modified":"2019-12-24T08:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:58:32","slug":"exploring-identity-at-akram-dost-balochs-solo-art-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/exploring-identity-at-akram-dost-balochs-solo-art-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring &#8220;Identity&#8221; At Akram Dost Baloch&#8217;s Solo Art Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studio Seven Art Gallery is set to host the Award winning Artist, Akram Dost Baloch\u2019s \u00a0Solo Exhibition, themed \u201cIdentity\u201d in Dubai; the show opens on Tuesday 7<sup>th<\/sup> till 9<sup>th<\/sup> of January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrated Pakistani Artist Akram Dost Baloch, is a graduate of National College of Arts, Lahore and currently based in Quetta where he runs his studio and chairs The Institute of Fine Arts at University of Balochistan. The prominent themes in his paintings and sculptors have been dominated by his passion for human rights and the traditional motifs of Balochistan. He is a recipient of Pakistan\u2019s President\u2019s Pride of Performance award in 2004 and most recently was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Karachi Biennial 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>This show will focus <\/em><em>on the search for identity; to some extent I have tried to portray my culture and tradition whether it be the embroidery or the appearances.\u00a0<\/em><em>This is my personal attempt to chronicle human experience in an age in which apathy, detachment, and spiritual absence have the potential to mute our best insights. My recent body of work aims to express social, political and economic anxieties prevalent in our society<\/em><em>\u201d <\/em>says <strong>Akram Dost Baloch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Akram Dost Baloch enjoys a large international fan following, with his work praised and valued globally; he has been hosted in countries including France, China, Turkey and now is set to come to the UAE this January at Studio Seven Art Gallery in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Event Details:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Theme: \u201cIdentity\u201d a Solo Exhibition of Akram Dost Baloch<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Opening Date &amp; Time: Tuesday 7<sup>th<\/sup> January 2020 at 7:00pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Exhibition Dates: 7<sup>th<\/sup> till 9<sup>th<\/sup> January 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Venue: Studio Seven Art Gallery, 803 Oxford Tower, Business Bay, Dubai UAE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>FB: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akram.dost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akram.dost<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Insta: @akramdostbaloch<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more press information, please contact:<\/strong> Zareen Khan \u2013 W2W events &amp; pr &#8211; <em>Email: <\/em><a href=\"mailto:zareen@w2wevents.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>zareen@w2wevents.com<\/em><\/a> &#8211; +<em>97152 \u2013 765 5525<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26133\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/41f42b2d-442b-45de-8559-42c2e9ee9f9d-839x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/41f42b2d-442b-45de-8559-42c2e9ee9f9d-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/41f42b2d-442b-45de-8559-42c2e9ee9f9d-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/41f42b2d-442b-45de-8559-42c2e9ee9f9d-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/41f42b2d-442b-45de-8559-42c2e9ee9f9d-732x893.jpg 732w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/41f42b2d-442b-45de-8559-42c2e9ee9f9d.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26134\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5d79a90a-baf3-4be9-90ee-0c2620f304db-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5d79a90a-baf3-4be9-90ee-0c2620f304db-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5d79a90a-baf3-4be9-90ee-0c2620f304db-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5d79a90a-baf3-4be9-90ee-0c2620f304db.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26135\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/c297a42f-b59c-4a53-953d-cf39d4d95a2d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/c297a42f-b59c-4a53-953d-cf39d4d95a2d.jpg 717w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/c297a42f-b59c-4a53-953d-cf39d4d95a2d-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26136\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4f592fd7-5b82-4e65-bb80-ef457f74a7e5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4f592fd7-5b82-4e65-bb80-ef457f74a7e5.jpg 586w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4f592fd7-5b82-4e65-bb80-ef457f74a7e5-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studio Seven Art Gallery is set to host the Award winning Artist, Akram Dost Baloch\u2019s \u00a0Solo Exhibition, themed \u201cIdentity\u201d in Dubai; the show opens on Tuesday 7th till 9th of January 2020. The celebrated Pakistani Artist Akram Dost Baloch, is a graduate of National College of Arts, Lahore and currently based in Quetta where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26138,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26132\/revisions\/26138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}