Browse Items (848 total)

In this cityscape, by Mukhallad Al-Mukhtar, a dome covered in calligraphic script rises out of a series of architectural forms. A series of windows are illuminated with the colors of red and yellow. The color palette of the background hints at the…

An undulating swath of murky black smears is framed by two bands of repetitive stenciled patterning on the upper and lower horizontal planes of the composition. Within this ambiguous area at the center of the picture plane a singular butterfly is…

A bull stands on the ground plane of this composition rendered with the use of interlacing curvaceous lines. The animal's neck and eye are tilting upwards regarding a butterfly of bright coloring. A rift appears in the background cutting out a…

Again Al-Mukhtar has featured The Malwiya Tower at the center of the composition. In this rendition the tower is placed behind a layer of stenciled patterning that includes calligraphic script. A gap in the ornate sandy wall frames the tower that is…

The background of this composition exhibits a vibrancy of color and shape. A band of stenciled patterning is followed by a band of with a section of grid patterning at the lower third of the picture plane. Interrupting this space is an archway…

A dome rises out of the background in the central portion of this composition. The dome is decorated in repeating geometric forms and tan coloring. A bird in flight is depicted at the base of the dome with its wings spread in an orange and yellow…

At the center of this composition stands a pyramidal architectural structure with six ever-decreasing layers. The form is outlined with a thin black line and each register is decorated with a tan coloring and abstract patterning. Two large…

The majority of this composition is made up of shimmering green and yellow patterning with elaborate script at the upper portion of the picture plane. A small arch at the bottom of the composition interrupts the repetition of form and introduces a…