Colors in Chaos: Karachi’s Graffiti Revolution Redefines Urban Beauty

In Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, slogans of different political parties, various advertisements and prescriptions are often written on the walls, but a young man has undertaken to make these ugly walls beautiful.

22-year-old artist Syed Shethuddin, a resident of Karachi, has been beautifying the city’s walls full of advertisements, slogans and prescriptions through graffiti art for the past eight years.

Syed Sheth says that there are few artists in Pakistan who do graffiti art and he is one of those few.

Regarding graffiti art, he said that the art done on the walls by means of spray paint is called graffiti art and it is quickly and easily painted on the walls.

He says that in Karachi ‘he is the first artist who introduced this art and now after watching and learning from him others are also adopting this art.’

He got the idea of ​​graffiti art when he saw videos of artists from different countries on the internet beautifying their city through art, then from that day he decided to beautify the walls of Karachi for free. done

They say that different messages can be given to the citizens by doing wall art, such as ‘keep your city clean’, ‘love your city’ or ‘make Karachi beautiful’. Make it’.

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Syed Sheth says that he was interested in drawing and art since his school days and has been doing different types of art since the beginning.

He said: ‘First I did graffiti art on the wall of my house, then I beautified the walls of my neighborhood and now I’m giving a new look to the walls of the whole city.’

According to Syed Sheth, he has beautified around 50 different walls of Karachi so far.

‘Sometimes it also happens that one day I go to the wall where art is done, then one day I pass by and see that the same advertisements and slogans etc. are on the walls.’

Syed Sheth has beautified many walls in Karachi including National Stadium Bridge, Nazimabad, Gulistan Johar, Malir, Gulberg, Dastgir and Karachi University through his art.

He says, ‘Everyone took from Karachi, but nobody gave anything to Karachi. This mission will continue until all the walls of Karachi are made beautiful.’

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