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A series of abstracted faces in profile dominate this composition drawing the viewer’s eye to the right of the canvas. The profiles occupy a black space that comes to a point at the left edge of the picture plane accentuated by a sickly yellow…

In the surreal composition by Alnajar, a series of humanoid figures are positioned in various ways around the canvas. The faces and bodies of the figures are rendered with amorphous shapes giving the impression of fluidity. The color palette of the…

Like Aljanabi’s completely abstracted pieces, this unconventional portrait focuses on the formal qualities of line and color as it overemphasizes the shape of the woman’s garments and fabricates the color palette of the environment. Although the…

This composition by Aljanabi represents a compete abstraction created through the use of swirling color smears. Here the content of the piece is submissive to the aesthetic as the focus is on the blending and direction of the color application not on…

In this still life, by Mohamed Ali, there is a mixture between abstraction and representation as clearly delineated objects are contrasted with ambiguous organic shapes. Two desks sit in the middle ground of the composition perpendicular to one…

Many different forms are present in this composition, set within a background of multicolored line scribbles. The outline of a humanoid shape vertically traverses the picture plane while the faded visage of a crowned man occupies the lower left…

In this composition, by Mohamed Ali, three women recline in a carpeted room. They appear to be in conversation with someone just beyond the picture plane as they pause in their activities of eating and smoking. A vase of red and yellow flowers sits…

Three figures occupy the middle ground of the composition. The figures are in various poses: one in profile, one frontal, and the last at a three-quarter pose. The representational forms are rendered just shy of abstraction as basic shapes insinuate…