Artworks

Mountain 6 (2023) is a marble pentaptych that captures the iconic imagery of the K2 Mountain in Pakistan. The piece showcases the timeless beauty of white snow and rugged rock formations and has come to symbolise the pursuit of perfection and truth.

Hamra Abbas has for some years been experimenting with marble inlay (Pietra Dura) a decorative art form that involves the use of carefully cut and fitted coloured stones to create intricate images, breaking new ground as she pulls this traditional practice away from its historical function to create a new form of aesthetics. In the 16th century this technique was brought by Florentine craftsmen to the Mughal court in India.
Hair Abbas’ works reference Mughal architecture and its traditional use of garden motifs, where idyllic images of landscapes epitomise paradise and perfection, immortality and mortality; an earthly utopia in which humans coexist with nature in perfect harmony; she unearths the symbolic significance of nature imagery in relation to architecture and their interplay in the representation of nature and colour.