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Ode of Labid - Limited Edition Arabic Calligraphy Print Drawing

Everitte Barbee

Lebanon

Drawing, Ink on Paper

Size: 16.5 W x 11.4 H x 0.1 D in

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The two verses featuring this image are taken from 'Ode of Labid' featured in the Moa'alkat, and written in Diwani Jali script. The Moa'alkat is a collection of 7 pre-Islamic poetry first believed to be collected and published in the early 7th century. This is widely considered to be some of the best pre-Islamic works in Arabic. This particular Ode, written by bu Aqil Labīd ibn Rabī'ah, is a melancholic remembrance of an ancient way of life of a Bedouin tribe in the desert, and the poet's fantastic journeys that brought love, loss and adventure. Noble we; our fathers wielded power bequeathed to them, dealt law to the nations, each tribe its lawgiver. All our lineage faultless, no light words our promises; not for us the vain thoughts, passions of common men. مِـنْ مَـعْشَرٍ سَنَّتْ لَهُمْ آبَاؤُهُمْ ولِـكُـلِّ قَـوْمٍ سُـنَّةٌ وإِمَـامُها لا يَـطْبَعُونَ ولا يَـبُورُ فَعَالُهُمْ إذْ لا يِـميلُ مَعَ الهَوَى أحْلامُها Colored version of this piece was exhibited in Algeria at Moustafa Basha museum in May-June 2013 تم عرض القطعة الملونة من هذا العمل في متحف مصطفى باشا في أيار - حزيران 2013

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Drawing:Ink on Paper

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Size:16.5 W x 11.4 H x 0.1 D in

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Born 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee Currently working from my atelier in Beirut, Lebanon since 2011, I continue to pursue my education and understanding of Islamic Art and calligraphy. Working in the Diwani, Diwani Jali and square Kufic scripts, I use the words to create illustrations ranging from portraits to geometric abstract constructions. The work celebrates Middle Eastern and Islamic culture in addition to focusing on human rights in the post colonial era, with an emphasis on American and western foreign policy. With few calligraphers who use their words to illustrate rather than write, my greatest inspiration comes from Jila Peacock, and Hassan Musa. My aim is to eventually achieve the flawless legibility of Peacock's work while also grasping the visual accuracy with which Hassan Musa illegibly creates his animals and figures, using shapes and strokes inspired by calligraphy. As nearly all of the original work has been sold. I'm primarily selling limited edition facsimile giclee prints, on Saatchi, particularly only those in which at least half of the edition has already been sold.

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