exhibitions
Borders
Much akin to Farid’s compositional technique, borders are enigmatic and possess a beguiling metaphorical duality in their own right. They can be intransigent limitations that demarcate, appropriate and separate while they can just as readily be fluid, volatile and fluctuating in their constitution, as the most significant and lasting borders often exist in our own minds, whether self-imposed or not.
February 2025
Safarkhan Art gallery
Borders February 4 – March 4 2025
The Descent
This collection represents Farid’s organic response to the various quaking flashpoints that dominated the past year sending shockwaves around the world. It is from this precipice that we have begun the descent into the great unknown. While it is a descent into tribulations, it is only through honest acknowledgement and sobering reflection, followed by a brave reconstitution of ourselves and our collective spirit, that we can hope to emerge stronger for the adverse challenges that await the human race.
January 2024
Safarkhan Art Gallery
The Descent February 1 – March 5 2024
Collision
The animating concept behind Farid’s latest creative output has been his oscillating notions on the realities of conflict and competition overwhelming our world. But ever the optimist in his painting, Farid bravely seeks a reconstitution of not only the elements of his painting, but also these extant elemental forces in our current world which are constantly at odds with one another.
January 2023
Safarkhan Art Gallery
Collision – January 10 – February 1 2023
Crossroads
The expanse of Farid’s canvases in this collection therefore represent the delicate equilibrium we as a species traverse between the temporal and intangible realms.
January 2022
Safarkhan Art gallery
Crossroads – January 18 – Febraury 2022