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Noor Bank

2015 · Works for the senior management offices · MAA-PR-2015-001

Seventeen handmade works exploring the letter at a large scale, from first experiment to installation.

The project comprises 17 works; 9 are shown here · 19 images

One of the project's works in situ

The project started from the single letter and its potential to build a large composition. Work focused on the word "Noor" and its letters, testing movement, colour and the direction of the ink stroke, leading to works some of which exceed three metres in length.

The scale required developing a tool that could carry the amount of ink needed for the large strokes. Execution remained by hand throughout, and the preserved drafts document the research that preceded the final works.

The artist's role

Research and experimentation, development of execution tools, and design and hand execution of the works.

Works in the project

The project comprises 17 works; 9 are shown here

See the project works in the full index

Documented works, images not yet published

  • Towards a New Horizon
  • Resolve Moves Rocks and Mountains
  • With Light We Overcome the Waves
  • Under the Shade
  • The Routine of Life
  • On a Golden Platter
  • Light from the Past
  • Light Begets Light