Nja Mahdaoui (Tunisia, Born 1937) Parchment 3
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- Property from a private collection, France 'My philosophy is to move freely from the graphic structure of Arabic letters, the syntax of the verb, and the structure of the style
- The reason is that for me, the end goal is a work of art, which materials are meaning-loaded symbols
- I try to extract the original power of their meaning in order to achieve an aesthetic of form
- While exclusively working on forms, regardless of their meaning, I can freely explore infinite combinations
- I wish that the reader does not remain confined to the visual content but rather journeys through a prose in progress' - Nja Mahdaoui The present work is one of the most powerful, intricate and finely executed works by Mahdaoui to come to market in recent years
- Nja Mahdaoui is a visual artist who considers himself 'an explorer of signs' and has been described as a 'choreographer of letters'
- Famous for his meticulous work in ink on parchment, Mahdaoui stresses the visual impact of his compositions, devoid of actual textual meaning, which he refers to as 'calligrams' or 'graphemes'
- Mahdaoui has participated in solo and group exhibitions worldwide and his work can be found in private and public international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, Tunis; Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad; British Museum, London; Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC; Bibliothéque Nationale and Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh; Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman; and Jeddah and Riyadh's international airports
- He is a member of the International Jury of the Arts Prize of UNESCO, and has received numerous awards including the Grand Prix des Art et des Lettres, Tunisia, UNESCO Crafts Prize, and First Prize at the Fifth International Calligraphy and Calligraph-Art Exhibition, in Kabul
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