Thematic sculpture artwork put on display

LAHORE : An avant-garde thematic sculpture artwork titled “A Grandeur Attack” has been put on display for public view at Alhamra main art gallery, The Mall.

A largely-attended inaugural ceremony was held at the gallery on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the East Continental Falconry & Aviary (ECFA) Pakistan told the media at the exhibition that the enthralling artwork was a one-off dual-edge taxidermy based on a subject-motif of a courageous coup encounter. The artwork bears the motif caption as “The Daring Feat: A Grandeur Majestic Attack of a Courageous Imperial Eagle on the Indian Rock Python.” The real taxidermy art sculpture depicts the regal bird boldly defying an enemy having many times more and inordinate size, menaces, perils and nuisances as compared to that of its own. The state-of-the-art thematic depiction is centred around a female imperial eagle, which expired at East Continental Falconry & Aviary, a few weeks ago. It was a prime-sized eagle of the South Asian region. Dr Fraz Mian and Waleed Adeel, the caretakers of the ECFA, said the giant bird held top scores of falconry genera, prominence, figure celebs and aesthetic personae to its credit. The outstanding bird named Irchee, and titled Queen of Asia-1 was a captive imperial which graced the aviary for years. The ECFA is dedicated to retain the rare species, the unusual bloodlines and the distinct heritages of eagles, falcons, hawks and harriers. The thematic depiction along with the subject-motif is evoked by Prof Dr Aurangzeb Hafi, a multi-disciplinary researcher who has long served as a leading cross-disciplinary principal investigator (PI) of postdoctoral studies in reputed universities of the South Asian region.