Volume 5 Issue 3
Ilyas Nassief
Mixed media
"The painting 'Series #4' is one of a series of larger paintings from 2004. The concept of the piece deals with the idea of renewal both materially and spiritually. The image utilises various elements gathered from past works such as the rose, a symbol of nature as well as change and temporality as well as fragility. Various elements of Islamic art and calligraphy complete the visual balance of form and colour."
Ilyas Nassief
a b o u t t h e a r t i s t
"My works strive to transcend the specifics of place. There is a constant interrelation between contrast and opposites both materially or visually as well as conceptually. What that means is that contrasts of hard and soft, warm and cold, intentional and uncalculated, abstract and figurative, all interwine to express the concept of opposites. Spirituality is expressed through the use of symbols."
a b o u t t h e w o r k
Series 4Mixed media
"The painting 'Series #4' is one of a series of larger paintings from 2004. The concept of the piece deals with the idea of renewal both materially and spiritually. The image utilises various elements gathered from past works such as the rose, a symbol of nature as well as change and temporality as well as fragility. Various elements of Islamic art and calligraphy complete the visual balance of form and colour."