ArtDayME: Ayyam Gallery in Dubai hosts ‘Vestiges,’ exhibition by Athar Jaber; an artist who was born from Iraqi parents in Rome, in 1982 and grew up between Rome, Florence, The Netherlands and Antwerp.

In ‘Vestiges,’ Athar re-imagines the human form, creating figures that transcend mere physical disfigurement and serve as symbolic representations of how individuals are torn apart by the weight of the world. As his largest body of work to date, this series explores the fragile relationship between the human form and the forces that shape it.

The show’s core is the human body, portrayed as broken, fragmented, and vulnerable. This rendering is not accidental. The rawness present in Athar’s sculptures seems caught in a paradox; the figures are sculpted to embody an ideal of beauty, but their fractured state suggests it is an illusion.

The exhibition is on view until 5 April at Ayyam Gallery.