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Saad Al-Tai 1.jpg
Again Al-Tai has created a surrealistic composition by placing a maze of architectural elements, archways and staircases, within an undefined space. This ambiguity creates a dreamscape in which the viewer, or dreamer, decides where the staircases…

Saad Al-Tai 3 2000.jpg
In this surreal composition, Al-Tai has piled a multitude of archways floating in an undefined space to create an atmosphere of non-reality. The ascending stairways draw the viewer’s eye upwards to a circular object resembling the sun with emanating…

Saad Al-Tai 4 1996.jpg
This composition by Al-Tai has a dreamlike quality as the main figure appears in an ambiguous haze. The figure is set against a rocky backdrop climbing over jagged boulders. Just before reaching a solid mountain wall, the figure looks back to an…

Saad Al-Tai 2 1997.jpg
The swirl of sandy tones with teal blues gives this composition a dramatic dynamism. The view is obstructed, however, by a barricade of jutting beams that stop the viewer from proceeding visually into the space. Tension is created by the contrast in…

Rajeha Alkodsy 3 1980.jpg
The most striking characteristic of this work is the exaggerated, almost grotesque, visage that holds a central position of the composition. Resting on a thin pillar, the mask-like face holds an amorphous shape with eyes, nose, and mouth floating…

Rajeha Alkodsy 5 1979.jpg
Again Alkodsky has used thick, repeated outlines to construct the composition. Here the lines form two distinct, yet abstracted, human faces seemingly square in shape. The pyramidal formation created by the stacking of the faces and the raised arms…
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