Reviews

“A truly whirling journey by Mr. Shafique Farooqi who has had over 99 solo Exhibitions worldwide. The content of this writing really opens one up to spirituality evolving around the art of the Dervish’s of Sufism through the eyes of Rumi and of course the Artist himself.”

“The whirling songs of his heavenly flute, linked to His Beloved, immortalized by a well-known Pakistani Sufi artist- Shafique Farooqi, himself a dervish whirling in the language of colors, probing into the spiritualism of art with fervor and ecstasy. In the East art has always been a devotion and Shafique is true to that tradition”.

“Mr. Shafique Farooqi gave a life to this Raqs-e-Darvaish on the canvas. It is his journey to the heavens under the guidance and company of Rumi. His paintings take you to a world where Shafique Farooqi is travelling on the clouds of spiritual affinity holding hands of Mevlana Room”.

Farooqi has reflected the light of (the inner self) Rumi on canvas in colorful glittering paints. This colorful impression and imagination of Farooqi fascinates, beholds the eyes of Rumi lovers. Farooqi has tried to pay homage to Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi through his spiritual intuition and marvelous work of art

“Shafique Farooqi has many qualities, a gentle man with lots of friends, and an elegant Painter who has mastered the art of calligraphy and mystic painting revealing his Inner Sufi self. He has been an art teacher and a commander of audio visual aids in the mainstream academies of Pakistan”.