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Rafa Al Nasiri  3.jpg
Simplistically speaking this composition is made up of three layers that are rendered quite differently. The upper half of the picture plane is dominated by an alternating stratification of black and red that sits within a three-quarter black border.…

Rafa Al Nasiri  4.jpg
In this horizontally oriented composition, by Rafa Al Nasiri, four vignettes are framed with a blue border. Each frame is then further horizontally bifurcated with a series of multicolored lines. Within each segment is a differing organic shape…

Rajeha Al-Qudsi 1 1998.jpg
The ethereal nature of this composition by Rajeha al-Quidsi is created through the use of light brushstrokes and a delicate, hazing color palette. The female figure looks out towards the viewer with large, penetrating eyes and is adorned with a…

Rajeha Alkodsy 2 1979.jpg
The distinguishing characteristic of this work, by Alkodsy, is the pervasive use of outline to delineate shape. The form of a human head and neck, along with two eyes and a nose, are implied with undulating and circular line formations at the center…

Rajeha Alkodsy 4.jpg
This vibrant composition by Alkodsy contains a complex layering of triangular patterning. The pattern utilizes variant color schemes and swirls around the composition highlighting a central cylinder-shaped object. From within this domed object an…

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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