Durriya kazi wikipedia
Durriya Kazi is a sculptor based in Karachi whose work reflects her concerns with tradition and change....
The greatest legacy of the Mughal Empire is its contribution to the culture of South Asia, with exquisite paintings, textiles, jewellery, ornaments, clothing, music, dance, poetry, cuisine, architecture and garden design.
It was the age of elegance, and the tone was set by the emperors.
Royalty the world over has surrounded itself with sumptuous luxury.
He started working with truck artists in the mid-to-late s and produced several acclaimed installations, conceived in collaboration with Durriya Kazi.
What distinguished the Mughal empire was the personal nurturing of the arts by the emperors themselves, creating, inventing and refining them in state-sponsored karkhanas [workshops] established within the palace and its surroundings.
Artists and artisans were paid a salary, raw materials were provided, and an administrative staff saw to their needs and maintained their jama kharch [expense] records. The karkhanas produced everything the court needed, from furniture, carpets, tents, horse saddles, weaponry and coinage, to clothing, jewellery and perfume and, of course, art and architecture.
The emperors made weekly visits to t
