Nocturne

Through the paintings and architectural interventions in Nocturne, Abul Hisham draws us into an environment tinged with spiritual reverence — yet one that is marred by subtle shadows of disarray and solitude. Carved wooden pillars treated with fire and pigment choreograph movement through the space. The inscriptions on them are repeated over and over, as an act of remembrance and transformation. Painted figures turn away from the spectator’s gaze, as towering walls mask the sunset, on surfaces that are at times burnished, at times scarred. 

— Aswathy Gopalakrishnan