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Looking Back

The Art of Iqbal Hussain — A Retrospective

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“Hussain spent his life painting the women of the neighborhood he never left, insisting, canvas after canvas, that they be seen as fully as anyone else.”
About the Book

Looking Back: The Art of Iqbal Hussain is a complete visual survey of one of Pakistan's most significant and most overlooked painters. Born and raised in Lahore's Heera Mandi, Hussain spent his life painting the women of the neighborhood he never left, insisting, canvas after canvas, that they be seen as fully as anyone else.

This monograph brings together decades of his work for the first time: portraits and household scenes, the footpath exhibition at Alhamra that first brought him public attention, his years as a teacher at the National College of Arts, and a body of self-portraits in which Hussain placed himself inside the same visual language he built for his subjects.

Compiled by gallerist Zainab Shakir Yasin, founder of ArtScape Pakistan, this book is both an art historical record and a personal tribute to an artist whose work insisted on dignity where the world offered none.

About the Author

Zainab Shakir Yasin

Zainab Shakir Yasin is an entrepreneur, gallerist, and the founder of ArtScape Pakistan, an online gallery dedicated to celebrating and preserving South Asian contemporary art. For the past six years, her work has focused on bridging the gap between exceptional artistic legacies and global audiences.

Zainab holds an honors degree in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences and a Master's in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore. A truly global professional, she has lived and worked across four countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Tanzania, and Indonesia.

Now back in Pakistan, she uses her international perspective to document and champion the voices that have shaped the country's rich, complex cultural landscape. She is currently working on her next book, an anthology of short stories titled no(mad): Snapshots of Life Across Four Lands.

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