In the exhibition 13:12, Patty Chehade asks questions about human nature. Adopting film noir devices in her paintings Chehade explores deeper concerns about human behaviour and of being in the world.

Chehade uses masks as a metaphor for human characteristics and behaviour. Is what we see really all there is? What are the secrets or intentions that underlie people’s behaviour? Do we only present a mask that determines how others perceive us?

In the shadows, under the veil, behind the mask… only once layers are peeled away can the secret truth be revealed. For Chehade, these isolated fragments or scenes are vehicles through which new meanings can be realised.