
in 15th February – 25th June 2025

A World of Colour & Emotion: Satta Hashem
A major retrospective at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
A2 Paintings on Paper
A small selection of preparatory works for the large scale paintings
Drawings
A small selection of 7000+ drawings, a study of the human face, many of which are sketches for the large scale drawings and paintings.
Portfolio.
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Paintings on Canvas

Realism is limited in the ways that it can depict real life. What about the unseen things? I’m not simply chronicling events. I want to the viewer to meditate and to think. I consider myself a realist painter of sorts, as I want to connect my work to modern life.
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Paintings on Paper

Any serious study of colours cannot reach a definite conclusion. This is because light and colours in our daily life are still a mystery. We try to understand aspects of this phenomenon but as we go deeper into the subject we find ourselves back at the beginning of a long path.
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Faces

Since September 2022 I have been busy drawing the faces of people I know or don’t know.. I have filled nearly 100 sketchbooks (more than 7000 pages) with faces of real people.
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Drawings

Drawing is my daily activity. The majority of my drawings are not sketches for larger art work. Like those on display here, they are finished work in themselves.