Under Siege channels instinct against order, collapse against creation — struggle as transformation rather than endpoint. Taher Jaoui's layered paintings continue the legacy of abstract expressionism through a physically demanding, spontaneous practice rooted in dialogue between body and canvas. Pastels, oils, and acrylics accumulate into raw, textured surfaces incorporating mathematical signs, abstracted skulls, and chalkboard-like scrawl. Influenced by African primitive art, graffiti, COBRA, and glitch art — and shaped by a background in computer science — Jaoui's work is simultaneously anarchic and carefully spatial, rebellious yet open to endless interpretation.
