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Original painting · 2026
What Survives
I painted over it. Something stayed.
- Artist
- Nasir Hussain
- Year
- 2026
- Medium
- Acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
- Dimensions
- 48 × 48 in
- Availability
- Available
- Edition
- One original work
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How buying worksBehind the painting
What Survives — Artist Statement
I painted this piece, then painted over it that same night. At a certain point, I stopped trying to work out exactly what it should become and started responding to what was in front of me. The painting that emerged was very different from the one I had started.
The reds and oranges make me think of fire and embers, but the title is about what survives it. Earlier layers are still there, even where you cannot see them clearly. That feels familiar to me: going through a change does not mean everything that came before disappears. Some of it becomes part of what you make next.
About this work
The painting
A large-scale work in black, oxblood, crimson, and ember-orange, with an intricate, tactile surface.
