AL-Hammra Art Centre

A key hub of Lahore's cultural landscape, the Alhamra Art Centre frequently hosts exhibitions, conferences, and discussions. The octagonal elements of the contemporary red brick building, which were influenced by Mughal architecture, have improved acoustics, making it the ideal location for the presentation of live events and films. At this location, LB01 gathered a variety of works of art with a clear social focus that refers to significant global events that have occurred over the past sixty years. The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the Cold War, the Non-Aligned Movement, and other varied battles against forms of dominance are only a few of the themes that are covered. Shezad Dawood's textile paintings on denim and regional fabric, created especially for LB01, examine US-Pakistan relations since the 1950s. The artwork refers to earlier American soft power influences, such as music and the rise of video games in Pakistan in the 1980s. Naeem Mohaiemen, a Bangladeshi artist, investigates how democratic collectivities in newly independent countries ultimately reinsert power relations rather than decentering them. His three-channel documentary explores the OIC's ascent and the activities of the Non-Aligned Movement. To fight the neoliberal eradication of their neighborhood in Sulukule, Istanbul, a group of activist Romani rappers have joined forces with Turkish artist Halil Altindere to create a video. Five modernist art pieces by Kay Walkowiak depict diverse facets of life in Hong Kong's densely populated metropolis. In today's post-colonial Hong Kong, the artist investigates the cultural-historical attitudes of the West and the East. Salman Toor uses collage, painting, and installation as a combination of media to explore themes of integration and resistance as they are felt by Pakistani society's liminal layers. Seema Nusrat, a Karachi-based artist, examines how her home city is evolving through measures of police, securitization, and urban regulation as shown in the barricades and obstacles that have evolved into a new kind of city architecture. Salima Hashmi revives the school teacher character from her sharply satirical performances of the 1970s in a performance made specifically for LB01 to speak to the divided present. In homage to modernist Urdu literature, which frequently features travel as a theme, Zambeel performs dramatic readings against the backdrop of Pakistan's railways. In her performance, Naiza Khan explores weather patterns, limits, and bodies as the result of a multi-year connection with Manora, Sindh, which is close to the megacity of Karachi.

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    3 hours

Address of AL-Hammra Art Centre

68 Mall Road, Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Opening & Closing time of AL-Hammra Art Centre

  • Monday
    08:00-01:00
  • Tuesday
    08:00-01:00
  • Wednesday
    08:00-01:00
  • Thursday
    08:00-01:00
  • Friday
    08:00-01:00
  • Saturday
    08:00-01:00
  • Sunday
    08:00-01:00