Silhouettes of Shards

Silhouettes of Shards, curated by Manan Shah, presents a body of work that examines the remnants of identity left behind by processes of fragmentation and reconstruction. The exhibition draws on the metaphor of the shard—a broken piece that retains the memory of its whole—to explore how selfhood persists through cycles of disruption.

The works combine organic textures with structured, grid-like compositions, creating surfaces where cellular forms push against geometric order. This interplay reflects the tension between natural processes of growth and decay and the rigid architectures—both physical and digital—that increasingly mediate how we understand ourselves.

Through layered paper, stitched interventions, and printed sequences, the exhibition traces the outlines of a self that is never fully present, always in the process of becoming. The silhouette emerges not as a fixed image but as a threshold—a space between presence and absence, between what is remembered and what is reconstructed.