This post covers the spread of truck art from Pakistan in its traditional medium to other forms around the world, through new art and endeavors, over 2013.
The redesign of a vintage American truck in Pakistani style by Kansas City-based artist Asheer Akram’s Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative was completed and displayed. The final product is tasteful in re-purposing traditional American symbols, such as buffaloes, in the context of truck art.
The efforts by photographer Peter Grant, {UPDATE LINK HERE}discussed earlier on the site, to decorate a truck in New Zealand and show his work reached fruition with the completed decoration of the vehicle he named Artie. The artist he brought from Pakistan, Younus Nawaz, decorated other vehicles during his visit (pdf).
Pakistani youth from FATA were given cameras to photograph their lives. The result was exhibited at an event in Washington, DC and several of the stunning photos featured truck art.
