Artwork Details

  • Artist Laurent Grasso
  • Title The Wider the Vision, the Narrower the Statement (Kullama Ittasa'at al Ru'ya Dhaqat al Ibara)
  • Date 2009
  • Medium Blue neon
  • Dimensions 27 X 3 m
  • Credit Commissioned and produced by Sharjah Art Foundation
The Wider the Vision, the Narrower the Statement (Kullama Ittasa’at al Ru’ya Dhaqat al Ibara) Image

Overview

Translated from Arabic, the phrase reads ‘The wider the vision, the narrower the statement’ and is by the Sufi writer Al Naffari. Written in blue neon the phrase is repeated several times along the corridor of a historical house in the Arabic tradition.

The Wider the Vision, the Narrower the Statement (Kullama Ittasa'at al Ru'ya Dhaqat al Ibara), 2009

Laurent Grasso
The Wider the Vision, the Narrower the Statement (Kullama Ittasa'at al Ru'ya Dhaqat al Ibara), 2009
Blue neon
27 X 3 m
Installation view
Commissioned and produced by Sharjah Art Foundation
Sharjah Art Foundation Collection

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The work of Laurent Grasso has developed from his fascination with electromagnetic energy, radio waves, light, sound, paranormal activity and naturally occurring scientific phenomena.