A unique form of truck art is created in Pakistan.
when it was first created?
The history of truck art dates back to the early 1950s when Pakistan was newly born. What we know today as truck art was a source of entertainment for the truck drivers who embarked on long, boring cross-country journeys. Painting trucks gave the drivers a source of amusement and a medium to express themselves.
Who are the artists?
The truck artists express their cultural identity through the use of motifs, quotes, pictures and designs that are unique to Pakistan. The truck artists include painters, truck drivers, truck owners and gallery artists. Majority of the truck artists learnt to paint through informal mediums and come from lower class backgrounds with little or no education.
Pakistan truck art speciality
Pakistani trucks are different from those found around the world due to their décor and distinct style. The themes of this art form include personal, political and national lives of the people which are represented by the use of trinkets, ornaments as well as cultural and religious symbols.
Truck owners spend at least $300- $500 on decoration of the rides.
Colurful pakistani bus art and decoration is also famous in Australia.
This is what the trucks look like when they first arrive in Pakistan – a rusted out shell cast off from America or Europe.
The trucks are literally rebuilt from the ground up.
These guys are cutting out patterns to be used on the truck design.
Now after a tough day and night hard work that rusted piece of metal transforms into famous
pakistani truck.
Pakistan truck art is not restricted to vehicles alone but it is expressed in things like decoration items
Furniture
Jewellery and shoes
Many dress designers have introduced truck art in their new fashion arrivals.
Animals have also tasted the flavour of famous pakistan truck art.
These trucks are representative of different historical and cultural regions of Pakistan. The exterior of the trucks are often adorned with poetry relating to different cultures and backgrounds of drivers and owners.
Pakistani trucks art has gone much further from a source of entertainment and now it is used for making bonds more strong with other countries. And these countries are now exhibiting this art just to show intimacy to its people and its culture.
