Aswad Amier : “X”
5 Dec - 28 Dec 2009



'X' by Aswad Ameir

Through 'X' viewer could spot peculiar scraps of visual imageries that resemble the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Banksy, Erno Rubik, The Doors, Bob Dylan and even possibly John F. Kennedy, Andy Warhol and Roy Orbison. Most of the viewers would be inclined to communicate nothing more than the surface. However, for a fortunate few, these visual references speak back, transpires into a mental movie; maybe with Los Bravos’ Black is Black as soundtrack.

X showcases a collage of appropriated or ‘stolen’ images, remixed and re-spawned by Aswad Ameir.  It spoke of ‘creative’ punks, pirates, remixers, urban wars that pushed legal, social and industrial boundaries above and under - ground. Not dissimilar to the dynamism and often anarchic gestures of contemporary artists.

This collection of images seem to have provided Aswad with a renewed resource of power, liberty and his very own personal dialect. At times, Aswad appears to be speaking in codes, relevant and comprehensible only to those they are addressed to. There are no clear narratives to his images and as audiences, it is as if we are forced to second-guess then construct whatever meanings we will of them.

X is an unknown, an enigma.