What if frescoes lost confidence?
The works in this exhibition display frescoes as process. Here, I problematise this historical technique and question its principals. In particular, I employ the giornata - the mark of how much painting can be done in a day, usually concealed in standard fresco practice - as a finality, a permanent and visible mark. Therefore a territory of a new skin arises repeatedly. My actions revive a deep desire to paint, to spend time with colours and texture and vitally immerse myself in the materials. ‘Recesses’ demands to be experienced intimately. You walk into the show and you touch meaning without touching anything.
Chafa Ghaddar
Recesses, Tashkeel Studio and Galleries (2020)
