M. S. KHAYYAM - Traces of Eternity (1)

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M. S. KHAYYAM – Traces of Eternity (1)

Signed, Dated 2025.

Gouache Natural Pigments, dry Pigments, Lapis Lazuli on archival paper.

Dimensions: 21 x 29.7 cm.

In this painting, a sea of fading Mughal faces emerges within a field of deep blue, each figure marked by quiet individuality yet dissolving into a collective rhythm. Their halos resemble waves—symbols of time, continuity, and the shared transience of human existence.

Surrounding this stillness, the intricate border rendered in monochromatic blue becomes a world of life and myth — trees, flowers, and animals unfolding like a timeless memory. Among them, the white birds appear as silent witnesses — symbols of the soul’s purity and release, hovering between the earthly and the eternal.

Through this delicate balance of repetition, silence, and flight, the work meditates on memory and loss, where identity slowly merges into the vastness of history, and beauty endures through its own fading.

S. M. KHAYYAM

Syed Muhammad Khayyam Shah is a Pakistani artist trained in Indo-Persian miniature painting. His work reinterprets traditional forms using natural pigments like lapis lazuli and gold leaf. Khayyam has been exhibiting internationally, including Asia Now Paris, Singapore Art Fair, and TEFAF Maastricht. His practice explores the fragility of existence, memory, and transformation, reflecting on the quiet complexities of power, loss, and impermanence. He is currently based between Lahore and the UK.

Categories: Modern & Contemporary Paintings

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