Ubah’s figures emerge as layered personalities, their faces both fragmentation and wholeness. Each gaze, naturalistic and piercing, anchors the viewer within a delicate balance of ascent and descent. He continues his exploration of Cubism, reimagining the movement’s fractured geometries as vessels for contemporary expression.
... Drawing on personal and ancestral symbolism, Ubah incorporates forests, animal forms, and shamanic references such as cowrie shells, which are emblems of prosperity, royalty, and spiritual passage. These elements act as bridges between visible and invisible realms, echoing his conviction that there can be no elevation without grounding, no awakening without descent. Ultimately, “Up & Below” is less about choosing between heaven and earth than about acknowledging the invisible gravity that connects them both.
What lingers is not an answer but a sensation; a soft pull in two directions. Visitors leave the exhibition suspended, as if on a bridge between worlds, reminded that every ascent carries with it the traces of what lies below.
