What Exactly is Truck Art in Pakistan?

Published April 17th, 2019 - 06:25 GMT

Pakistan's Truck Art is about culture, history, tradition, storytelling, passion, love and many many more. Every little adornment on the truck has special significant. Truck art is being used on souvenirs also. 

Anyone who has been to Pakistan knows that the sight of a fully decorated truck is unforgettable. A truck embellished from bumper to bumper with paint and colorful, sculpted metal is expressive and captivating in ways that few other artistic media can duplicate. Decorated Pakistani trucks declare a dazzling, exuberant artistry that is unmatched on vehicles anywhere else in the world.

In Pakistan, truck art has origins dating back to the 1920s, when Bedford trucks imported from England invaded the country’s streets. In the late 1940s, when trucks began long-haul journeys to deliver goods, each company designed a logo so that illiterate people would understand who owned the truck.

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Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)

Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Trucks parked on a ledge (Shutterstock)

Detailed decorations on Pakistani truck (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)

Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood (Shutterstock)

Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)
Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)
Trucks parked on a ledge  (Shutterstock)
Detailed decorations on Pakistani truck  (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan  (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan  (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan  (Shutterstock)
Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood  (Shutterstock)
Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)
Proud truck driver presents his painted truck at the karacorum highway in Pakistan. The Karakoram highway connects Pakistan with China (Shutterstock)
Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)
Decorated color truck on the Karakoram Highway in Northern area of Pakistan (Shutterstock)
Trucks parked on a ledge  (Shutterstock)
Trucks parked on a ledge (Shutterstock)
Detailed decorations on Pakistani truck  (Shutterstock)
Detailed decorations on Pakistani truck (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan  (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan  (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan  (Shutterstock)
Truck art in Pakistan (Shutterstock)
Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood  (Shutterstock)
Truck departs Cantt after transferring humanitarian supplies to US military helicopter on a recent mission in Pakistan's flood (Shutterstock)

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