Manar Ali Hassan - SAGAS OF PAINFUL BODIES (2024)

This series explores the profound and often unseen realities of living with chronic pain, unveiling how persistent physical suffering shapes identity and experience. It confronts the body’s vulnerability and the ways pain confines and disrupts existence, evoking a sense of entrapment within invisible forces. At the same time, it challenges the traditional understanding of the body as a fixed and protective container, creating space to consider impermanence and the possibility of liberation beyond physical limits. Through this exploration, the work invites reflection on the complex relationship between pain, selfhood, and resilience.