Nasser Al Salem
[It is] The Work of Allah , Who Perfected All Things, 2014
Hand drawn with Rotring ink on cotton paper
21 x 29.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.)
NAS0226
Basmah Felemban
Qif Bil Tawaf, 2014
Work on paper
65 x 65 cm (25 9/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP; From the Last Seen...series
BAF0017
Dana Awartani
Mohammad, 2014
Work on paper
113.5 x 118 cm (44 5/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
From the Seal of Prophets series
DAN0062
Dana Awartani
Jesus, 2014
Work on paper
113.5 x 118 cm (44 5/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
From the Seal of Prophets series
DAN0061
Dana Awartani
Moses, 2014
Work on paper
113.5 x 118 cm (44 5/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
From the Seal of Prophets series
DAN0060
Nasser Al Salem
[It is] The Work of Allah , Who Perfected All Things, 2014
Hand drawn with Rotring ink on cotton paper
21 x 29.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.)
NAS0226
Basmah Felemban
Qif Bil Tawaf, 2014
Work on paper
65 x 65 cm (25 9/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Edition of 3 + 1 AP; From the Last Seen...series
BAF0017
Dana Awartani
Mohammad, 2014
Work on paper
113.5 x 118 cm (44 5/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
From the Seal of Prophets series
DAN0062
Dana Awartani
Jesus, 2014
Work on paper
113.5 x 118 cm (44 5/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
From the Seal of Prophets series
DAN0061
Dana Awartani
Moses, 2014
Work on paper
113.5 x 118 cm (44 5/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
From the Seal of Prophets series
DAN0060
Nasser Al Salem’s training as an architect has taught him that all objects and creation has a premeditated system in place. This system maps out how components are fused together, how they function, and how then they effect its aesthetical composition.
His work as a calligrapher is also ruled by a system of geometric principles that allow this art an aesthetical, geometrical and spiritual composition, the latter as an extension of himself.
His work fuses a blueprint of calligraphy depicting a verse from the Holy Quran, [It is] The Work of Allah , Who Perfected All Things, [Chapter Al Naml, Verse 88] -- with the notion that all creation has a perfected blueprint in place; mapped out by the creator Himself. He imagines the insight gained, and the state a person would be in, should he observe the blueprint of all creation.