Wang Dongling
Non-calligraphy 1, 2012
Ink on Paper
144 x 360 cm (56 3/4 x 141 3/4 in.)
WAN0000
Wang Dongling
Non-calligraphy 2, 2012
Ink on Paper
144 x 360 cm (56 3/4 x 141 3/4 in.)
WAN0001
Wang Dongling
Dragon Cloud, 2012
Ink on Paper
144 x 360 cm (56 3/4 x 141 3/4 in.)
WAN0002
Wang Dongling
Love, 2013
Ink on Paper
96 x 180 cm (37 3/4 x 70 7/8 in.)
WAN0003
Wang Dongling
Happiness, 2013
Ink on Paper
96 x 180 cm (37 3/4 x 70 7/8 in.)
WAN0004
Wang Dongling
Embrace Nature, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0005
Wang Dongling
Great Form is Formless, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0006
Wang Dongling
Lao Zi, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0008
Wang Dongling
Beauty, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0007
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0006
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0007
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0008
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0009
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0010
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0011
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0012
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0013
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0014
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0015
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0016
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0017
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0018
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0019
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0020
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0021
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0022
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0023
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0024
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0025
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0026
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0027
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0028
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0029
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0030
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0031
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0032
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0033
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0034
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0035
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0036
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0037
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0038
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0039
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0040
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0041
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0042
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0043
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0044
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0045
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0046
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0047
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0048
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0049
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0050
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0051
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0052
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0053
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0054
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0055
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0056
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0057
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0058
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0059
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0060
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0061
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0062
Wang Dongling
Non-calligraphy 1, 2012
Ink on Paper
144 x 360 cm (56 3/4 x 141 3/4 in.)
WAN0000
Wang Dongling
Non-calligraphy 2, 2012
Ink on Paper
144 x 360 cm (56 3/4 x 141 3/4 in.)
WAN0001
Wang Dongling
Dragon Cloud, 2012
Ink on Paper
144 x 360 cm (56 3/4 x 141 3/4 in.)
WAN0002
Wang Dongling
Love, 2013
Ink on Paper
96 x 180 cm (37 3/4 x 70 7/8 in.)
WAN0003
Wang Dongling
Happiness, 2013
Ink on Paper
96 x 180 cm (37 3/4 x 70 7/8 in.)
WAN0004
Wang Dongling
Embrace Nature, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0005
Wang Dongling
Great Form is Formless, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0006
Wang Dongling
Lao Zi, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0008
Wang Dongling
Beauty, 2013
Ink on Paper
68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
WAN0007
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0006
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0007
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0008
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0009
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0010
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0011
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0012
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0013
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0014
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0015
Samir Sayegh
Al Hurouf Al Fawateh
Gold leaf and acrylic on cloth
100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0016
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0017
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0018
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0019
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0020
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0021
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0022
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0023
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0024
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0025
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0026
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0027
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0028
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0029
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0030
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
SSA0031
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0032
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0033
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0034
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0035
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0036
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0037
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0038
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0039
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0040
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0041
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0042
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0043
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0044
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0045
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0046
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0047
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0048
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0049
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0050
Samir Sayegh
Asmaa Allah Al husna
Ink on Paper
30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
SSA0051
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0052
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0053
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0054
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0055
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0056
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0057
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0058
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0059
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0060
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0061
Samir Sayegh
Kalimat wa Hurouf
Ink on Paper
70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)
SSA0062
Athr Gallery is proud to announce a unique collaborative event this July, as two globally-acclaimed calligraphers – Samir Al Sayegh and Wang Dongling - come together in ‘Strokes In Dialogue’, a joint exhibition of Arabic and Chinese calligraphy, uniting the two masters’ distinctive practices and styles.
The exhibition will be launched by an exciting artistic collaboration between Dongling and Al Sayegh on the show’s opening night of July 23rd. In front of guests, the artists will interact live in the gallery, to produce a one-off artwork that will blend Arabic and Chinese calligraphy into a monumental work, which will resonate in a vibrant and contemporary expression of cross-cultural experimentation and visual forms.
For over a thousand years, calligraphy has been the most spiritual of Middle and Far Eastern artistic forms. Traditionally associated with articulating beauty and the solemnity of the written word in prayer and religious texts, the very act of executing calligraphy is almost a devotional ritual itself, passed down from generation to generation. Today, leading practitioners of the form characteristically combine historic styles, scripts and techniques with contemporary twists and approaches, ensuring the form remains culturally relevant and vital, whilst retaining its poetic ability to enchant, inspire and delight.
Lebanese-born, Paris-educated Samir Al Sayegh is a globally-renowned master of Arabic calligraphy. A specialist of the form, Al Sayegh is known for his inventive approach to transposing traditional styles and textual forms into modern, progressive visual contexts. He typically experiments with the geometric, structural and abstract possibilities of traditional calligraphy, which inevitably, has led to him creating distinctive typefaces of his own.
Professor Wang Dongling, a professor at the China Academy of Art, is an acclaimed practitioner of traditional Chinese typography and calligraphic techniques. Having exhibited his dynamic works worldwide at institutions including the Metropolitan and Guggenheim Museums in New York, the British Museum in London and the Sorbonne in Paris, Dongling typically brings Daoist and Buddhist elements to his work, Dongling is known also for his performative approach to executing his vast calligraphic works – where physicality and gestural motion become integral to his large-scale, visual harmonics.