Rossi & Rossi is pleased to announce Symmetrical, a solo exhibition of works by contemporary Pakistani artist Faiza Butt. Opening on Friday 12 December, Symmetrical features intricate works and portraiture that draws on the most basic of human questions: our sense of mortality coupled with the overwhelming will to survive.
Inflamed by the geopolitical panorama of our time, Faiza Butt pours this charge directly into her art. Erosion (2014), a new series of portraiture by Butt, is the artist’s response to the brutality and violence of the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. The series uses the human face to highlight the absurdity of such comprehensive destruction: each face acts as a map to tell stories, establish cultural references and mark emotional trauma. She has consistently used images of children (her own or found images) in her practice, as children bring into focus an immediate and visceral response to the human tragedy of conflict.
