Text | Mariam Qureshi
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Visuals | Courtesy Mohsin Shafi
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Issue 40
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Mohsin Shafi’s work doesn’t whine – it is crafty and an eloquent critique on what irks the artist about the society he lives in. The frustration and bitterness that he expresses in his work is enhanced when he travels abroad and is exposed to societies, which in his vision are bohemian and free spirited. What is fantastic about his work is that it is beautiful and grotesque at the same time. He makes fun and uses dark elements to depict relevant issues of society. His titles are a part of his concepts and art. They are poignant and interesting in their relevance to what he wants to critique in his art. His work is a paradox of being polite and rude at the same time. His work doesn’t avoid being pretty but his work is jarring in its commentary and the elements he uses can be dark and grotesque.
The frames are opulent and heavily decorated with unusually gaudy colors. In his words “they are a mockery of all that is chaotic and hypocritical about the society.” Mohsin uses various techniques in his visuals. Ranging from etching to monotype. Photo transfer to ink jet printing and screen-printing but the most important medium is collage. He maintains ‘I have taken references from personal collections, print media and borrowed and “stolen” images from social media.” Mohsin comments “My recent work is an outcome of traveling and seeing societies which resulted in me looking at my society in a completely different way. My images are not a big philosophy on life but instead a cynical observation of our everyday Pakistani life and our social foibles. In the image titled “Oh so corny” depicts a common corn seller smoking a cigarette. He doesn’t have to deal with social demeanors that the upper class often has to deal with.”
Mohsin comments “I went to California for 4 months and I was surprised at their carefree and liberated society. In contradiction I went for grocery shopping at a local classy mall in a pair of slippers and I was surprised at the condescending gazes I was a victim of.” Mohsin is talking about the mere act of gazing and that certain look that psychologically jars a person who dares not to conform. In the image “ You run into temples and mosque. Would you dare to enter the shrine of your heart.” Mohsin juxtaposes a prayer mat in the centre surrounded by a crowd that seems to be watching a farce. Mohsin maintains “Often people say their prayers to appear self righteous to the society and convince themselves with their ‘Holier then thou” misconception.” He has also placed a gramophone on the side. Representing how people laud and announce their good deeds in and enjoying a smoke with their head being replaced a box designed to look like monuments in old Lahore. This image talks about people who have nothing to lose in reference to social conventions and are content with their lot and hence no pretentious facade to put up in front of the general public. “Who needs stakes when you can have strawberry and cream? depicts a man with a strawberry in place of his head baring his chest sitting on a pile of meat.
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