Chronic Grief

With Chronic Grief, Iftikhar Kanawati confronts the emotional aftermath of losing her mother, translating silence and survival into form. Torn fabrics, layered textures, and hand-smoked surfaces embody numbness, rebellion, and the slow integration of grief into daily life. Dyed, pierced, and frayed garments carry both muted violence and quiet endurance, while deep indigos and ash greys trace a painful emergence. This is grief not as spectacle, but as a raw and resilient act of becoming.