Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 62 x 122 cm
About this artwork. This work took 5 years from the initial idea to its completion. Five years ago, I read the Holy Quran for the first time, and my life was turned upside down; I simply understood how I should live from then on—without complications, without hesitation, and without long, arduous searches. This realization came naturally because that beauty—and, at the same time, the unfathomable depth of meaning—seemed to draw me back to that moment when I understood that art is my calling. My works are imbued with my understanding of the Holy Quran, but for a long time I could not find a visual expression for my understanding of the “straight path”—the path of the heart, the path of divine providence and faith, the path of a clear and righteous life. For me, this man walking at dawn after prayer among the plantations is the embodiment of a righteous life—the path under God’s protection and in abundance, the path of light, and the path of Life. Out of respect for religion, faith, and everyone who inspires me—and in accordance with the principles of the Muslim faith—I do not depict faces, because the life I portray is theirs, yet it inspires my viewers to live their own.
