
Aidha Badr Egyptian , b. 1996
I WANT TO LEAVE, 2025
Oil on canvas
46 cm x 46 cm
In I Want to Leave, a horse appears mid-step, fragile yet determined. The canvas captures the emotional push-and-pull of inner transformation. The figure of the horse, repeated throughout Badr’s series,...
In I Want to Leave, a horse appears mid-step, fragile yet determined. The canvas captures the emotional push-and-pull of inner transformation. The figure of the horse, repeated throughout Badr’s series, becomes a symbol of personal reckoning: not simply a beast of strength, but a mirror of vulnerability, grace, and change. The work holds space for contradiction. The title, stark in its honesty, is less about departure than it is about the recognition of outgrowing something familiar. It embodies the moment just before movement, not dramatic, but quietly profound.