We built Paiband around a simple but genuine question: what does repair look like when it is done honestly?

The private view is the first opening of Paiband, an evening to experience the exhibition before it opens to the general public, in the company of the artist, the curatorial team, and others who have been following the work.

Exhibition Details

Date: 12 June 2026

Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM (IST)

Venue: Virtual Show

In Urdu, paiband means a patch. A piece of fabric stitched carefully over a tear, not to hide that the tear happened, but to hold what remains together.

Over time, in the hands of someone who knows how to repair, the patch stops looking like a repair. It becomes part of the cloth. The history of damage becomes part of the fabric's character.

What does repair look like when it is done honestly?

Not the kind of repair that conceals damage. Not the seamless restoration that pretends nothing ever broke. But the visible, ongoing repair of someone who has been through something and continues anyway, carrying the mark of it, not hiding it, finding in the mark itself a form of dignity and beauty.