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Artwork on wood. Framing on request.
Dimensions :
23.6x17.7in
About this artwork
This artwork delves into the profound suffering inherent in self-awareness and the burden of existence. It is a visceral meditation on internal torment, where the very essence of being becomes a source of exquisite pain, entangling the spirit in an inescapable web of anguish. The piece speaks to the silent battles fought within the psyche, illustrating how the soul can become a landscape of self-inflicted wounds or unavoidable trials, forever marked… by the scars of profound introspection and existential dread. It suggests a transformative agony, a purification through relentless tribulation, where resilience is forged in the deepest recesses of despair.
Malik Nairat is an oil painter with a background in architectural visualisation and a Ph.D. focused on computational approaches to comics and sequential art. Using a deliberate, layered technique merging digital grisaille studies with the tactile demands of oil on canvas, he weaves dark figurative realism and surrealism into evocative compositions. His paintings explore psychological thresholds and silent contradictions, creating atmospheres thick with suggestion and subtle unease. The emotional impact of his work lies in the unresolved tension—a haunting sense of familiarity just beyond words—that lingers with the viewer long after.
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Vigil of the Prickled Soul
Malik Nairat
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