Killed birds, rotting sculpture and a PM’s execution: the Pakistani artists who defied a dictator | Exhibitions
TGeneral Zia-ul-Haq's 11-year religious dictatorship deeply shaped Pakistani art. After the general's successful coup in 1977, his regime imposed martial law, trampled on women's rights, implemented strict censorship, and imposed severe restrictions on artistic expression. The abstract painting “The Rise of Man'' by Quds Mirza was inspired by the controversial trial and hanging of democratically […]