'Nunc Stans' by Ankush Safaya

What remains of history when what is remembered is also what has been erased, altered or left unresolved? 'Nunc Stans', meaning “the eternal present”, considers how the past continues to inhabit the present, not as a fixed record, but through memory, absence and interpretation. Histories are often imagined as an accurate record of the past, yet it is equally shaped by what is erased, what is not accounted for, and what remains unresolved.

Marking Ankush Safaya’s third solo exhibition with Sakshi Gallery, 'Nunc Stans' brings together a new body of work exploring the relationship between history, memory and material. Safaya transforms surfaces through acts of scraping, burning and abrasion, allowing the physical process of making to become a record in itself. What is removed becomes as significant as what remains, creating spaces where absence is made tangible.