DISAPPEARANCE...CONTINUED

“The Disappearance...Continued” by Wael Darwesh is the exploration of the exhibition concept of “The Disappearance”, the exhibition held at The National Pavilion of the Maldives on 29th May 2013 till the 24th November. It was Wael’s first time exhibition in La Biennial di Venezia, showing 3 large size works.

He uses large fields of flat solid color and mixed media to capture a fleeting moment in our pulsating memory and its influence on the soul. This visual experience attempts to explore the consequences on the collective memory and psyche of experiencing long periods of continuous change, inconsistencies, anticipation and suppressed actions. The absence of transparency, the inability to predict the next moment and the emergence of various predictions has led to many changes around us and inside us. At the end all are human emotions and experiences. These variables have created a great load on our memory and left alone the mental abilities to absorb or explain these changes. This visual sonata of solid planes of form and color blended with gold leaf and collage, using abstract figures that seem to dramatically perform roles in a theatrical background. It is a study of the influence of this certain incidence on the memory, more like the scratches on the walls of the soul.

Working from life, photography and from imagination Wael Darwesh’s work is ever evolving, maturing and more than inviting. 

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