The use of stainless steel to create contemporary artistic Arabic calligraphy sculptures / Zeneb Ali Abu Aish and Nor Azlin Hamidon

Ali Abu Aish, Zeneb and Hamidon, Nor Azlin (2022) The use of stainless steel to create contemporary artistic Arabic calligraphy sculptures / Zeneb Ali Abu Aish and Nor Azlin Hamidon. International Journal of Art and Design (IJAD), 6 (1): 10. pp. 109-122. ISSN 2710-5776

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This paper examined the use of stainless steel in creating contemporary Arabic calligraphy sculptures. It discusses artworks’ unique, innovative, and non-imitation stainless steel Arabic calligraphy. This study sheds light on this new field of modern Arabic calligraphy. The artworks of four famous artists were analysed in terms of how these works were created, the scripts or letters and alphabets used, and the type of calligraphy used. The type of contemporary art of Arabic calligraphy used includes verses from the Qur’an, poetry, famous sayings, and non-Arabic poems translated into Arabic letters. The interaction between sculptural Arabic calligraphy, stainless steel, and the environment or surrounding factors led to a contradictory three-way interaction, which increased the sculptural artistic act and creativity. The data were analysed using the descriptive analysis method and observation method. The samples analysed consist of fifteen sculptures. The finding revealed that these stainless steel carvings include intertwined Arabic scripts and letters. Arabic calligraphy employed varied between leafy Kufic, Moroccan Kufic, Diwani, Thuluth, Naskh, and even contemporary Arabic calligraphy. The sculptures’ contents or phrases also varied between Quranic verses, poetry, novel, sayings, words, and sentences from the artist himself. As for the style, there is free Arabic calligraphy, new modern classic Arabic calligraphy, and modern classic Arabic calligraphy.

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Item Type: Article
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Ali Abu Aish, Zeneb
moonlibya8878@gmail.com
Hamidon, Nor Azlin
norazlin@uitm.edu.my
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture
N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts > Decoration and ornament. Design
N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts > Islamic calligraphy
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Alor Gajah Campus
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Art and Design (IJAD)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > International Journal of Art and Design (IJAD)
ISSN: 2710-5776
Volume: 6
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 109-122
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Keywords: Contemporary; Arabic; Calligraphy; Sculpture; Stainless steel
Date: 2022
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/65869
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