“Naas assembles historical details, personal images and symbolic references from this narrative using a methodology he refers to as a ‘post eco-cosmic review’ that amalgamates both cosmological and ecological perspectives. In his work Sepal, Petal, for example, Naas transposes a found image of fossilised water erupting from beneath the desert ground following a NATO bombing in 2012 onto the outer protective layer of a jacket. From this violent geopolitical act, Naas highlights the water’s agency against the hubristic forces of human extraction, an explosion that he likens to a blossoming – a stem protruding from the ground...” (Read more)
Chaos Is A Flower, 2024
Photo by Jack Elliot Edwards
Photo by Jack Elliot Edwards
San Mei Gallery,
London
London