In conversation with Safwan Dahoul for Sotheby's: On Absenc

We sat in Safwan Dahoul’s quiet workshop adjacent to his home in Dubai. The conversation unfolded slowly, much like Dahoul’spaintings themselves, meditative, restrained, and charged with unspoken narratives. Safwan is a friend of few words.

What emerged was a reflection on this gem of a triptych, three early works from 1992, paintings that are recognized as part of his monochromatic “blue” cycle, already articulating the conceptual and emotional foundations of his practice and containing the see