Shikwa

For Sobia as an artist, the initial visual impact a piece of art has on the viewer is much more important than any subsequent notion the viewer later conceives about the piece. This poses a problem, as often, having an idea in your head and further transforming it into a piece of art is a tricky thing to do. Often the resulting piece mutates into something else entirely. She aims to create a kind of multilayered timelessness that; She believes any piece of art must have if it is to gain any ounce of recognition in the world of art. Her work delves into the gradual erosion of ideology in Pakistan, often attributed to Western interference in our socio-political structure.