04/11/2026
The influence of British painters such as Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, and Francis Bacon is clear in Hamid’s artwork, though he has successfully developed a distinct and skillful visual language of his own. Centering on the pervasive objectification of the female form, Hamid preys on our voyeuristic instinct, often with scenes of public nudity or amateur p**n. His aim, however, is not to titillate but to extend the very act of viewing.
Startling disjunctions of perspective and proportion, blurring, erasures and pencil lines suggest that the artist is exploring how far he can push abstraction without losing his original subject matter. The result invokes a different, more physical sort of memory: the way someone sits, laughs or smells. In short, portrayals of what is normally felt rather than seen.
Hamid’s work is currently on view as part of, Consider the Alternative, a group exhibition currently on view at Slattery Gallery that explores new trends in contemporary painting.
fa.fn61 (Viaticum) Oil, acrylic and mixed media on wood panel, 2025 48 × 48 inches Signed, titled and dated verso
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