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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…

Hashim Al-Tawil 1.jpg
This composition, by Hashim Al-Tawil, is made up of several square vignettes. Each square contains different representations that combine text and image. Groups of figures are rendered in a reductive manner with heads and bodies insinuated with ovals…

Wadhah Al-Ward 1 1990.jpg
This monochromatic print, by Wadhah Al-Ward, is rendered in black ink upon a brown surface. Four distinct rectangular vignettes outlined in black stretch horizontally across the composition. Each segment contains what appear to be various abstracted…

Wadhah Al-Ward 2 1990.jpg
Three highly reduced female figures sit as the main focus of this composition by Wadhah Al-Ward. Each figure is rendered with the use of black outline surrounded by a think black membrane that holds them in their seated positions. Four non-descript…

Ibraheem Alabdali 7 1979.jpg
In this painterly composition, by Ibraheem Alabdali, three boats sit atop the calm surface of a non-descript body of water. The empty seats within the boat and their lackadaisical organization, as one boat is perched under another, calls attention to…

Ibraheem Alabdali 1 1981.jpg
A young girl in a red dress stands at the center of this composition by Ibraheem Alabdali. She appears a bit uncomfortable in her surroundings indicated by her tight facial expression and the grip of her hands. Although the background is somewhat…

Ibraheem Alabdali 5 1974.jpg
A loose configuration of color fields composes this still life by Ibraheem Alabdali. Light smears of various shades of purple make up the background, as well as the ground plane of the composition. While blocks of blues, reds, and yellows seem to…

Ibraheem Alabdali 2.jpg
It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what this composition, by Ibraheem Alabdali, depicts as the figures move within a space obscured by a thick application of brown paint. The features of the figures within the crowd appear to be emerging out of the…

Ibraheem Alabdali 3 1986.jpg
A man in a uniform walks confidently towards the left of the composition carrying a piece of baggage. A wooden panel of some sort is place at a diagonal apart from any overarching structure. A hand emerges from behind this panel carrying a copper…
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