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* 408 MAJID AL YOUSEF (Iraqi, B. 1974) 1 - Passion 2- Light Acrylic on Linen Signed by artist (lower right) 90 cm x 52 cm (diptych) Executed in 2014
USD $ 4,000 – 6,000 AED 15,000 – 22,000
To explore more of the hidden beauty of calligraphy, Arabic letters take a journey into the modern art movements and theories. Inspired by cubism and futurism a new perspective of calligraphy is presented in a fresh experimental style. As the eye is used to explore an artwork through time, several images register in various focus levels, angles and dynamics. The experience of observing an artwork captures many viewing scenarios and perspectives as if they were happening in the same moment. It reveals different aspects of visual aesthetics, emotions and creates dynamic dialogue with the written words, and the pure abstract contour of each letter in a way that is vibrant, energetic and communicative in a different style. The motion of the objects works as a plot for the art piece content. With calligraphy, the actual written word is physically motionless, but the eye triggers the cognitive receiver in the brain to travel around the canvas and make a dynamic and continuous motion that is presented in one frame as if it was snapshots from the visual memory, a two-dimensional surface is emerging with vivid memory prints or various angles and scales of the letters.
ART4SIGHT-2015
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