Unicorn Gallery is pleased to present Pakistani art book launch and art talk by Professor Salima Hashmi

Prof. Salima Hashmi is an accomplished painter, art educator, writer and curator. Trained from the National College of Arts, The Bath Academy of Art U.K, and Rhode Island School of Design. She has served as the Dean of the School of Visual Arts and Design at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. Salima Hashmi was professor at the National College of Arts Lahore for nearly thirty years and served as Principal of NCA for four years. She is the recipient of the prestigious President's Award for Pride of Performance, Pakistan.

The Eye Still Seeks is a from the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem 'Dawn of Freedom' translated from the Urdu by Shoaib Hashmi.
'And the heart still aches, and the eye still seeks and will not be still
And this togetherness, it will not suffice'

It is also the title of an exhibition of Pakistani art curated by Sue Rowley and Salima Hashmi at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, in 2001. The Eye Still Seeks is a panoramic view of the vibrant, brilliant world of contemporary Pakistani art.

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Unicorn Gallery specialises in Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art and has a high reputation for the quality of its exhibitions, annual art book fairs, lectures, documentary screenings, launches, seminars, internships and other opportunities. Unicorn Gallery holds numerous thought-provoking exhibitions in collaboration with curators, art galleries, museums, institutes and organizations, and sources to auction houses. Unicorn serves as an art gallery, art bookstore and art museum.