Feeling like home: Tenter Ground, London

A pair of windows, one slightly ajar. The heavy, humid air sting the nostrils, almost beckoning her to step out from within an internalised room or even, world. The blanche net curtains curl onto the wooden sill as Elizabeth turns her head away in chagrin. Nothing quite hurts the eyes as much as tracing the piercing rays of the morning sun which strike the tops of the rolling clouds in the curious, dream blue-sky.  The record player sits in the corner and in the backdrop, now hisses as the stylus stutters uncertainly across the silent grooves of the record.

HAFFENDI ANUAR (b. 1985, Malaysia) is a multi-disciplinary artist working with painting, sculpture and textile based in London, UK. His works critically examine themes on post-colonialism, identity and architecture. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, and holds an MFA from the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University. Anuar has exhibited widely, and his solo shows include Flat Lands at ai. gallery, London (2021) and Midday Stanza at Richard Koh Fine Art in Singapore (2019). Recent group shows in 2024 include: Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul, curated by Louis Ho, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore; Not Just in Black and White, Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection curated by Rogue Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and With Every Fiber, Aicon Contemporary, New York. His works are in both private and public collections including the Kirin Nadar Museum of Art, Singapore Art Museum, Richard Koh Collection, Steve Wong Collection, Ashmolean Museum, UK, and others. Recent commissions include Battersea Power Station & Cass Sculpture Foundation (2017); Facebook, Singapore.