What We Maintain – Original Oil Painting (70 × 70 cm Canvas)
An original oil painting structured around a staged domestic act that unfolds as ritual rather than routine. The central gesture—hair being cut—anchors the composition, transforming an intimate moment into a controlled performance.
Surrounding elements operate symbolically: preserved forms, repeated faces, organic matter placed deliberately within the space. These details resist decoration, instead suggesting accumulation—objects and fragments that carry memory, identity, and quiet implication.
The composition does not resolve into a single narrative. It remains suspended between care and control, presence and construction.
What We Maintain
Vision
What We Maintain reflects on the rituals through which identity is shaped, preserved, and repeated. The act of cutting hair becomes more than a gesture—it suggests alteration, offering, and quiet transformation.
The surrounding elements function as markers rather than explanations. Faces held in place, organic forms set on the table, fragments that imply preservation, consumption, or memory. Together, they construct a space where meaning is not fixed, but continuously reinforced.
The work exists within this structure of repetition—where actions are performed, roles are sustained, and identity is negotiated through what is kept, altered, or displayed.