Hani Alqam
When the Sky Fills the Windows, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
160 x 90 cm
edition of 1
Signed and dated 2024 verso
When the Sky Fills the Windows by Hani Alqam uses drips and fragmented colors to depict Gaza where landmarks have vanished, evoking loss and disorientation.
When the Sky Fills the Windows by Jordanian artist Hani Alqam is an acrylic on canvas that portrays the erasure of Gaza's landmarks. Using layered blacks, grays, and flashes of turquoise and pink, Alqam dissolves urban forms into drips and fragments, leaving only traces against an expansive sky. The work suggests absence and disorientation, capturing how destruction can strip a place of its memory and shape.