A Fool's Epiphany

Mahrukh Bajwa

Lahore, Pakistan

This body of work happens to deal with the existentialist paradigms which somehow affect my thinking process. Who are we and where are we heading? Experiences that tend to drive my thoughts are personal concerning a sense of alienation and estrangement that I feel whenever I reflect upon my own self as being a part of a crowd or watching them from a distance as an observer.

In this series I tend to see myself metaphorically as an inanimate being who encounters different sorts of people and is also subjected to multiple scenarios. This also challenges one to see beyond one's perceived notions and to negate others when intervening in the public space. This project was somehow a learning experience for me on the whole as an artist, since it allowed me to explore the concept of working public space.