This catalogue was published on the occasion of Ahmad Amin Nazar's solo exhibition at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai from 10 December 2012 to 10 January 2013.

'In his new body of works, executed on large format paper, Amin Nazar moves away from recurring myths, heroes, divs and demonic theatrics that have often inhabited his paintings to date. Bold rapid brushstrokes dash off with power, urgency and little hesitation to delineate contours of bodies intertwined and animated in dynamic choreographies that float mid-air in space. Their presence in a void is emphasised by empty space.

Across these large-scale compositions, Amin Nazar experiments boldly with the male form, albeit these figures are headless and missing hands and feet, and are rendered ambiguously genderless. Contortions of the torsos and inhibiting limbs obscure genitalia.

Despite intended ambiguities, masculine energy predominates in these pure studies of bodies in action. The figures wrestle, embrace, violate, battle, dance and dominate depending on which way each drawing is viewed.' - excerpts from Vali Mahlouji's essay.

Includes artist biography.