Emerging from a process of revisiting and transforming her own paintings, this series brings together painting and object-making through the recycling and reshaping of previously created canvases.
By folding, rolling and recomposing the painted surfaces, Arabi transforms two-dimensional works into sculptural forms, allowing them to take on a new physical presence. Yet the original paintings are never entirely erased. Fragments of imagery, colours, textures and gestures remain visible, carrying traces of their previous lives.
Suspended between what was and what is becoming, these works explore memory, time and the continuity of artistic practice. Each canvas holds a history within it, where transformation does not mean erasure, but rather the possibility of giving existing forms another life.