ReutersPublished 01 Jan, 2021 03:26pm
Pakistan’s famous truck art will move from its highways to the skies, as a flying academy is painting a two-seater Cessna aircraft with the colourful technique.
With elaborate and flamboyant motifs, Pakistani truck art has inspired gallery exhibitions abroad and prompted stores in Western cities to sell miniatures.
A man paints Pakistani truck art on a two-seater Cessna aircraft at general aviation area at Jinnah International Airport, Dec 30, 2020. Reuters
“We want to show the world that Pakistan is not all about [the] Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and terrorism issues; it [is] a very diverse country and a land of opportunities,” Imran Aslam Khan, chief operating officer of Sky Wings, a flight training organisation, told
Pakistani Artist Paints Aircraft With Truck Art
The Chief Operating Officer of Sky Wings told
Reuters that
, “We want to show the world that Pakistan is not all about Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and terrorism issues. It a very diverse country and a land of opportunities”.
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Truck art has breached international markets as one of the most famous cultural export in the last few years. International entities such as UNESCO have used this art in a mixture of indigenous designs to promote girls’ education in Pakistan’s northern areas.
Painter Haider Ali also talked with
Reuters, adding that “the world is familiar with our truck art representation. Now, with this aircraft, our colors will fly in the air. We are really excited”.