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MAMOTH is pleased to present Seven Scenes of Separation by Amsterdam-based artist Abul Hisham (b. 1987, Thrissur, Kerala), on view from the 27th September. This marks the artist’s first exhibition in the UK and with the gallery.
Surreptitious scenes and contemplative moments are on display in Seven Scenes of Separation. There is the question of whether one should really be intruding on these images at all. Abul Hisham’s, (mostly male), figures are held at a distance, painted behind strings of jasmine buds, showers streams of small coloured dots or showers of rain. Like a lace veil, these are porous barriers that are only mildly obscuring. There are lone figures that turn their backs as if reluctant to be subjects and protective of what appears to be their partaking in rituals. There are those pictured in tight, secretive huddles. They hardly ever meet the viewer’s eyes.
Apocalyptic, livid skies predominate in several of the paintings. Beneath their...More
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Press Release
MAMOTH is pleased to present Seven Scenes of Separation by Amsterdam-based artist Abul Hisham (b. 1987, Thrissur, Kerala), on view from the 27th September. This marks the artist’s first exhibition in the UK and with the gallery.
Surreptitious scenes and contemplative moments are on display in Seven Scenes of Separation. There is the question of whether one should really be intruding on these images at all. Abul Hisham’s, (mostly male), figures are held at a distance, painted behind strings of jasmine buds, showers streams of small coloured dots or showers of rain. Like a lace veil, these are porous barriers that are only mildly obscuring. There are lone figures that turn their backs as if reluctant to be subjects and protective of what appears to be their partaking in rituals. There are those pictured in tight, secretive huddles. They hardly ever meet the viewer’s eyes.
Apocalyptic, livid skies predominate in several of the paintings. Beneath their...More