Ambiance

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ghaffar Masih (born 1977) is a visual artist currently based in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his BFA in Visual Arts and Design from the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2022 on a full ride scholarship.

Ghaffar began his artistic career at a young age as a truck artist, a style of art famous in Pakistan for the decoration found on highway vehicles. The advent of new materials, such as panaflex and digital designs, challenged his career, which prompted him to move beyond being a commercial artist and gain a thorough understanding of contemporary art practices. As an artist and student, Ghaffar is revisiting his truck art designs, which are considered low-art, and merging them with contemporary ideas and media such as video and sound. In his works, he introduces vibrant floral patterns, picturing human heroes with creative aspect ratios, calligraphy of poetic verses in truck art that connects to pop songs, and depicting contemporary world images that critique the practice of high art and the issues of the present. Through his approach, he seeks to bring to life the brightness and attention that the truck art genre is known for, but which he missed due to his identity and early career.

Select artworks of his are housed within the permanent collection of the Ambiance Boutique Art Hotels.

Read less

Ghaffar Masih (born 1977) is a visual artist currently based in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his BFA in Visual Arts and Design from the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore in 2022 on a full ride scholarship.

Ghaffar began his artistic career at a young age as a truck artist, a style of art famous in Pakistan for the decoration found on highway vehicles. The advent of new materials, such as panaflex and digital designs, challenged his career, which... Read more