Jun 28 - Sep 27, 2024 | Poznan (PL)
In his 2023–2024 series, Thameur Mejri shifts direction, delving into repressed consciousness to reveal the hidden ties between object and experience, movement and emotion. Within his dynamic compositions, objects, concepts, and feelings merge into a personal, expressive reality. Confronted with the canvas, the viewer senses this reality—whether they accept, question, or reject it, it lingers within them.
Figures like ravens or flies hover over chaotic bodies and violent symbols—a knife, scattered forms—evoking torment and existential unease. Symbols like Converse sneakers suggest lifestyle and identity, gaining meaning only through lived experience. Another key motif, the light bulb, echoes Heidegger’s warnings about technology’s alienating power. Positioned outside the central action, it looms—dominating and intrusive.
Yet, beneath this chaos lies the artist’s deeper struggle: a daily anxiety, an inner fire. Mejri’s work reflects the calling of creation—consuming, relentless, and pursued despite the cost, with no promise of recognition.