Saturday, June 1, 2013

Saloua Raouda Choucair at Tate Modern

Saloua was born in Beirut in 1916 and she is an abstract artist who is inspired by Islamic art and architecture. Her work is remarkable in colour, shape and texture. Her paintings are multi-layered, with simple colour combinations and simple repetitive shapes. She creates sculptures with metal, wire and glass which are simple but stunning. Perhaps her most interesting sculptures are titled Poems,as they are modular towers of unique wooden shapes, which can be stacked in different combinations. I am sorry that we were not able to interact with them and create our own poetic towers...

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