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HOPE
Sculptural painting (acrylic, fabrics, paper, 24k gold, brass and silver leaf) on canvas
Cm.200 x 210 - 2020
The artwork shows up as a celebrative sculptural canvas with a distinctly innovative concept.
H.M. Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said's portrait is the focus of a sort of contemporary style draped tapestry that emphasizes the importance of the royal subject. This style plunges its roots into classical art and reaches its apex in Italy and Europe during the Baroque era, which boasts many pictorial and sculptural examples with high and low-reliefs.
A quote from the Holy Quran, part of verse 59, Surat An Nisaa’ completes the portrait.
Moreover, a few symbols and suggestions find place in it, both for the texture of the background as well as for its colours. The artist freely took inspiration from some engraved motifs on the wall behind the throne in Qasr Al Alam Palace and other royal halls, in shades of light blue and turquoise together with burgundy and purple, which recall the colours of the royal mussar
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