Abstract
The art produced under the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul Haq
documents a powerful use of political themes and symbolism. This paper suggests
that this unprecedented expression in Pakistani arts was a creative flowering,
which was an indirect result of the politics of oppression practiced by the military
regime. The study describes the nature of Islamization that the military regime
used as a policy to sustain its power and explains it as an attempt to reassign an
identity to Pakistani people, which was far removed from the original human
identity. This attempt, although was an assault on freedom of expression, it
nevertheless produced the very result it intended to avoid. The study shows that
the sensitive artist community, through the use of meaningful symbols, produced
art works with a clear focus and communication. The artist community,
particularly, the female artist proclaimed their identity through their works and
highlighted the scope of injustice that the military regime inflicted.
Mohammad Imran, Muhammad Iqbal Chawla, Sajid Mahmood Awan. (2017) A HISTORY OF VISUAL ART IN PAKISTAN: STUDYING THE RESISTANCE AGAINST ZIA-UL-HAQ’S MILITARY REGIME, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 54, Issue 2.
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