Iconic Portraiture: Celebrating the 20th Century

Sannib's most widely recognised body of work is his portraiture, a series of contemporary celebrity portraits paying tribute to some of the most recognisable cultural figures of the 20th century. Rather than producing straightforward likenesses, Sannib abstracts the classical portrait, building an illusion of layers that gives each piece a genuine sense of physical depth. Familiar faces become something closer to relics or icons, rendered with an innovative, almost reverent charm that manages to feel both nostalgic and thoroughly modern at once.