Saif Azzuz Libyan-Yurok, b. 1987
Coolest day of the rest of our lives, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
203.2 x 152.4 x 3.81 cm
80 x 60 x 1.5 in
80 x 60 x 1.5 in
Courtesy of the Artist and Lawrie Shabibi
Coolest Day of the Rest of Our Lives is an acrylic painting on canvas that draws its colour palette from heat index maps of the Gulf region. Saturated reds, oranges,...
Coolest Day of the Rest of Our Lives is an acrylic painting on canvas that draws its colour palette from heat index maps of the Gulf region. Saturated reds, oranges, yellows, and shifting gradients across the surface echo the visual language of thermal data and climate mapping. Beneath these layers, faint references to local ecologies emerge, partially obscured by the intensity of the colour field. The work points to rising temperatures in the Gulf and beyond, using the aesthetics of scientific visualization to frame heat as a lived and environmental condition rather than an abstract statistic.
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