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Pakistani artist Adeel uz Zafar is known for his works depicting animal soft toys wrapped in gauze. These creatures resemble wounded animals — with their forms swaddled in folds of bandages — giving these childhood objects more sinister connotations of injury, wounds and hiding.
Adeel uz Zafar’s first solo, titled “Protagonists,” in Singapore in Fost Gallery in Gillman Barracks, where his large-scale drawings engraved into black vinyl are exhibited till September 1.
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Zafar tells Blouin Artinfo that he uses gauze because the material is associated with “a cut, or bleeding,” and that the idea “points to a loss of innocence.” Another reason is practical: gauze allows him to better create the illusion of a three-dimensional object. Having worked as a 3D artist in a production house, Zafar says, “The practice of making a grid, concentrating on the light source, and the texture and surface of the image, are all important aspects of image production. The form of the toys which I bought from local flea market appears covered in bandages and minutely textured so that every thread of yarn is distinguished.”
Zafar has a painstaking “subtractive” process of creating his incredibly detailed work. He starts with a large piece of black vinyl, which he then scrapes away with sharp tools to create lines, eventually forming an image of a fully bandaged or mummified creature.
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“Since the medium of my work is so sensitive, every mark is permanent. So if the mark goes off a bit then there’s nothing to be done about it. The process is irreversible. I always feel that it would have been simpler to use a pencil or a marker and create a similar effect. But why make it easier if you can make it harder?” he says.
“At the most, I can manipulate the fold of the gauze, but I cannot delete any line once I have made it. I like to take that pain! It is a kind of meditation and it also gives me a chance to test my patience and tolerance.”
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The graduate from Pakistan’s National College of Arts first started working on this medium when he lived in an isolated area in the north of Pakistan, creating illustrations for children’s books. Because regular art materials such as paints and canvasses were scarce, he began producing etched images using a cutter. “This is when I was motivated to explore substitutes for the predictable paints and surfaces,” he says.
When he returned to the city, he started creating more ambitious works, scratching on larger surfaces. He rose to fame with his 2009 show “Size Does Matter,” which showcased his, by now, signature large-scale works showing soft toys wrapped in gauze.
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“Protagonists,” Fost Gallery, Until September 1.
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