Daily Task
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Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 120×140 cm |
Year | 2021 |
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About this artwork
In Daily Task, the face emerges behind a mask sculpted not from cloth, but from bread. At once fragile and essential, the bread-mask transforms into a haunting metaphor: survival stitched across the mouth, nourishment pressed into silence. The dual portrait layering suggests blurred identities, individual and collective, bearing the weight of routine in uncertain times.
By replacing fabric with bread, Al Waari collapses two primal needs protection and sustenance into one uneasy form. The work speaks to scarcity, to the daily negotiations between fear and hunger, and to the ways necessity reshapes identity during crisis.
A powerful and deeply symbolic work, Daily Task bridges the intimate with the universal. For collectors, it stands as a resonant artifact of its era, embodying both resilience and fragility, silence and survival.
About the Artist
Ahmad Alwaari, a self-taught Syrian artist, blends realism with abstraction to bridge tradition and modernity. His iconic “Syrian chair” symbolizes resilience and power. In The Modern World, he explores the impact of digital transformation on human connection, reflecting on societal shifts with a signature coral and silver palette.