(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to the gallery website, 13 prominent artists from the Middle East have participated in the event titled Written Images.
The exhibited works aim to explore what roles do the traditional Islamic calligraphy and symbols play in the contemporary Middle Eastern ideology.
The participating artists have shown that writing is more than the legible word, using it as a pictorial and formal element to make reference to religious, social, political and personal issues.
“Islamic calligraphy in all its aesthetic and linguistic complexity is little understood in the West and often regarded as an art form belonging to the classic Islamic arts and, therefore, to the past. In fact, it plays an important role in contemporary Arab and Iranian art,” said a gallery organizer.
Three works by Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi are the country’s only representatives at the exhibition.
Hassan Massoudy (Iraq/France), Yousef Ahmad (Qatar), Lulwah Al-Homoud (Saudi Arabia), Khaled Al-Saa’i (Syria), Ahmed Moustafa (Egypt), Chaouki Chamoun (Lebanon), and Hakim Ghazali (Morocco) are among the artists whose works are showcased at the event.
Established in 2000, Sundaram Tagore Gallery is devoted to examining the exchange of ideas between Western and non-Western cultures as it focuses on developing exhibitions that engage in spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues.
The Islamic calligraphy exhibition of Written Images which kicked off on November 10 will run until December 3, 2011.
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