Fragments, they intrigue me, when I look at the fractured treasures on the sidewalk, tossed away, discharged from service, stripped from purpose. Bent, broken, smashed, losing shape, their form slowly changing beyond recognition as if on a journey to oblivion. Insignificant they may seem, but in their transient state, those scraps hold glimpses that belong to the lives of those who tossed them behind. Unrecognizable, but if you step back or perhaps look closer these fragments reveal their kinship to the original object with unmistakable clarity.

The paintings attempt to depict remains in their transitional states; explore the liberation of form from the bounds of dimension and time. The use of vibrant melancholic colors is a recurring motif in the treatment of my work tracing its journey through phases of spontaneity, construction, momentum, collapse and renewal, relying on the strength of omission and its power to spur imagination. The approach is derivative of the absenteeism of the subject from the scene, and the reliance on fragments to paint a picture of what’s missing. I’ve experimented with layering and masking to allow what’s present to express what is absent; to let fragments be the protagonist of stories whose main characters have abandoned the scene.

 Eman Hussein