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The Desert and the Sea Scroll, 2006/2007
Abdallah Saadi
The Desert and the Sea Scroll, 2006/2007
Paper, ink, and water colours
Installation view
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Abdallah Saadi
The Desert and the Sea Scroll, 2006/2007
Paper, ink, and water colours
Installation view
I have been going on bike rides since 1992 - in the Emirates as well as in other places such as Japan, France, Scotland ... On these trips I make sketches of natural scenes and document them in my journals. In other words, my trips are organised and deliberate; the one thing I am constantly seeking is the formation of a philosophy of my own. An understanding of life, the search for self – life for me is a continuous journey.
You find the element of movement in this work, where I have attached a sketched scroll to a boat. This scroll sticks at random during the boat’s movement near the shore.
This movement is related to silence and contemplation. My works look for the “I” through collision and discovery. I do not attempt to deal with traditional drawing on its own, but I make of the surrounding environment a formative element, and not simply a set in which the drawing is embraced. The scroll here is an element, as are the boat and the beach; the visual aspect is an infinite dimension for the artwork.
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 8.
This catalogue accompanied Sharjah Biennial 8, which attempted to renegotiate the relationship between art and ecology into a system of cohabitation.
The second book in the Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change series, documents Sharjah Biennial 8 as it was on view.