Rehman works with mixed materials like metal and steel (including alloy), emphasizing texture and expressions. At first glance, the sculptures seem like metals forged together into a single object until walking closer and realising the project is made up of hundreds of different metal and steel trinkets such as bolts and nuts, coils and wires and even odd pieces of scrap metal.
Despite the medium used, Rehman is still able to create complete and identifiable human expressions. The various styles and forms used on each sculpture might be varied, but the stories told through them are interlinked.
From a group of grimfaced metal-people standing together as a symbol of resistance (specifics as to the sort of resistance is open to interpretation) to the dismal expressions on smaller sculptures, seem to share the sense of disappointment with status quo. The message of standing up and fighting against present-day currents bubbles just below the surface.
Rehman’s canvases are powerful, exuberant and full of colour, with brush strokes interwoven abstractly but where human expressions are still apparent. “I try to depict human emotions in everything, including metaphorical conditions,” said Rehman. For those seeking unconventional art, the show will leave you in a pensive frame of mind.
The exhibition will remain open until November 22.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2011.
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