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Contemporary Arabic calligraphy based on the Kufic style. Khalq is creation, making, but also the created. There are several verbs in Arabic that express creating, with subtle distinctions between them, but khalaqa is the one used for the initial creative act, creation ex nihilo, hence the title "Genesis". This design is based on a dream I had in 2012, of a single point of force exploding into myriads and myriads of life forms, silhouetted in shades of green. It had a first incarnation in 2013 in acrylic on paper, but the intensity of the greens in my original dream kept haunting me, and I long wanted to give it shape on a larger scale, with more shimmering greens and some layering. Materials: Acrylic, interference colours and metal leaf on paper, cut and assembled on canvas. Size: 122x122 cm.
Contemporary Arabic calligraphy based on the Kufic style. Khalq is creation, making, but also the created. There are several verbs in Arabic that express creating, with subtle distinctions between them, but khalaqa is the one used for the initial creative act, creation ex nihilo, hence the title "Genesis". This design is based on a dream I had in 2012, of a single point of force exploding into myriads and myriads of life forms, silhouetted in shades of green. It had a first incarnation in 2013 in acrylic on paper, but the intensity of the greens in my original dream kept haunting me, and I long wanted to give it shape on a larger scale, with more shimmering greens and some layering. Materials: Acrylic, interference colours and metal leaf on paper, cut and assembled on canvas. Size: 122x122 cm.
Contemporary Arabic calligraphy based on the Kufic style. Khalq is creation, making, but also the created. There are several verbs in Arabic that express creating, with subtle distinctions between them, but khalaqa is the one used for the initial creative act, creation ex nihilo, hence the title "Genesis". This design is based on a dream I had in 2012, of a single point of force exploding into myriads and myriads of life forms, silhouetted in shades of green. It had a first incarnation in 2013 in acrylic on paper, but the intensity of the greens in my original dream kept haunting me, and I long wanted to give it shape on a larger scale, with more shimmering greens and some layering. Materials: Acrylic, interference colours and metal leaf on paper, cut and assembled on canvas. Size: 122x122 cm.
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Joumana Medlej

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Collage, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 48 W x 48 H x 2 D in

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Contemporary Arabic calligraphy based on the Kufic style. Khalq is creation, making, but also the created. There are several verbs in Arabic that express creating, with subtle distinctions between them, but khalaqa is the one used for the initial creative act, creation ex nihilo, hence the title "Genesis". This design is based on a dream I had in 2012, of a single point of force exploding into myriads and myriads of life forms, silhouetted in shades of green. It had a first incarnation in 2013 in acrylic on paper, but the intensity of the greens in my original dream kept haunting me, and I long wanted to give it shape on a larger scale, with more shimmering greens and some layering. Materials: Acrylic, interference colours and metal leaf on paper, cut and assembled on canvas. Size: 122x122 cm.

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Collage:Acrylic on Canvas

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Size:48 W x 48 H x 2 D in

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I'm a British-Lebanese artist who moved from Beirut to East London about a decade ago. I'm best known for reviving archaic styles of Arabic calligraphy (the Kufi scripts) and the medieval art materials that accompany them. My work reflects my experience of the world as being alive with mystery. It invites the viewer to step into this forgotten space by holding them in wonder and stillness: in this vulnerable moment, when one is silenced by beauty and by not-knowing, remembrance can stir. To this end, the work takes on different shapes, from images of contemplation made up of unreadable words to multisensory interactive objects that tell an unspoken story.

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