Out of the Untamed Land

Out of the Untamed Land

Art piece based on the Eastern Kufic script. Foraged earth pigments (iron oxides) in gum arabic on paper, 56x76 cm.

I like to call this piece “single origin” because it is made with six earth pigments all gathered in the same place, on the same day, in the mountains of Lebanon. The piece was inspired by this bountiful palette, and the word is barr, which denotes the land, the earth, the wilderness, its adjective barri meaning untamed, feral, wild; at the same time, the same word pronounced birr means great love, devotion and reverence.