Faris’ works portray repercussions of systems of socialization and provide a social commentary of the regurgitative nation. His practice revolves around the unusual juxtaposition of banal subject matters and is reflexive of the landscape and colour combinations from the interior/exterior of architectures in public spaces. In attempts to manifest psychological emotions of anxiety and mundaneness, Faris anchors his own reality with generalized white-collar figures situated in odd yet routinized settings and earth-tone palettes.

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The repeated brushstrokes on canvas represent the constant re-establishment and negotiation between imagination, techniques, and the final object. By challenging the romanticized idea of figurative paintings, Faris experiments with aesthetic boundaries and establishes his own persona through mixed-medium usages, nonsensical compositions, and bold gestural brushstrokes. The works muffle actual pictorial storytelling of daily lives, and instead accentuate the complexity of human emotions in visual forms.

 

 

 

 

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Text by Wennie Yang