By Laurdy El Ghorayeb
My artwork is basically
Calligraphy. My main idea was to apply a technique that I have learned through
out this semester, and one of my favorite topics that I was taught in Islamic
Art and Architecture was ‘ Introduction to Islam and Calligraphy’. I’ve always
loved calligraphy, and since I’m majoring in interior design, I’m glad that I’m
being able to apply the art of calligraphy in my designs and also in some
courses that are not related to Interior Design. Calligraphy is found in many
languages like Chinese and Japanese but since I’m Lebanese my favorite type of
calligraphy is the Arabic Calligraphy. The Arabic language, and subsequently
the art of calligraphy, is held in great esteem by Muslims because Arabic was
the language in which the Qu’ran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the
7th century. For Muslim calligraphers, the act
of writing – particularly the act of writing the Qur’an or any portion of it –
was (and still is for many) primarily a
religious experience rather than an aesthetic one.
Arabic Calligraphers usually use
the art of calligraphy to write a Quran quotation or a religious text and
that’s why I chose to write the sentence ’ Bismillah Al Rahman Al Rahim’ using the
calligraphy technique. Calligraphy is found in all sizes, from colossal to
minute, and in all media. But the most important examples are those produced on
paper with a simple reed pen. In my artwork I used A3 paper, I wrote ‘Bismillah
Al Rahman Al Rahim’ with a black marker and colored the background of my paper
with grey color using pastel. My topic is ‘The Art of Calligraphy in Islam’. I
want it to be simple and straight to the point, this topic best describes my
artwork and the message behind it.
My statement is simple, I wanted
to spread and show that art is not forbidden in Islam and there is so many
artistic techniques used in Islam and calligraphy is my favorite. The way that
I followed to spread my message is by writing an Islamic statement using
calligraphy, since it has something to do with both Islam and calligraphy. Art
of calligraphy is applied in several ways; it can be carved, on stained glass,
textiles, metal work, light etc.
There are many famous
calligraphers that inspire me with their work and talent like Nja Mahdaoui,
Julien Breton, but the one that influenced me most in my artwork is Al Kabeer.
I loved one of his artwork that was ‘Bismillah Al Rahman Al Rahim’ statement.
Therefore, I chose to write it and design using my own artistic touch.
This is
my artwork, which was done by me being inspired by Al KABEER. A lot of artists
wrote this statement in several ways, using their own artistic way but since
we’ve discussed about Al Kabeer in class, he was my inspiration. This is one of
the most famous statements repeated in art of calligraphy because it represents
the Islamic religion.
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