Haider Ali is a Pakistani artist, known for his colorful paintings on trucks, something uniquely Pakistani and very much part of road and highway scenes.
Ali has also painted vehicles in America during his visits and has seen the love and tastes of Americans for art and colors.
Besides drawing landscapes and sceneries on trucks, Ali also regularly sketches iconic figures of Pakistani national life like the late Benazir Bhutto, the two times prime minister, Princess Diana, and many other famous cultural and political figures.
Artist Haider Ali’s work studio Image: Courtesy Haider Ali
So, the death of George Floyd in police custody seen across the globe was not something Ali could have missed.
He has given numerous interviews since painting a large mural on the wall of his studio with Floyd in the center and embellishments around. His work has been splashed across media platforms.
A little help from little angels at work Image: Haider Ali
But Ali does not need any long elaborations to make his point – it is clear and strong.
The slogans on the mural speak for themselves. In a world, divided along racial and ethnicities, the word needs equality, freedoms, and mutual respect, not prejudice and hatred, and that the color of skin does not determine the superiority or humanity of people.
