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| Mujahid AbdulBaeth Artikel | 9 mars - 30 mars 2013 | Dokumentation från utställningen |
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The artist statement Often times we over look the craftsmanship in the small items that accompany us in our daily lives; be they of wood, glass, leather or steel. Their designers put a lot of thought behind their creations; of which we take little notice. The usefulness of these small items is taken for granted, even though life would be a bit difficult without them. When we take a spoon in our hands, for example, the feel of it goes unnoticed, as we sip our soup or stir our coffee. Unless it is poorly crafted, only then do we take notice; it does not feel right or does not look right, or its promotions are not right. When we finish with a small item, and lay it with another, few see the interplay between them, and what we can learn about “still life”. Sometimes the placement of these items is more pleasing to the eye then the floral arrangement in the center of the table. In this group of photos I want to expose this silent world, by focusing on just that interplay. My subjects are forks and spoons, as they are sometimes laid grouped together. Although, our view is atop them __ looking down __, I chose to view them from their side; different things are revealed from that perspective which are hidden from atop. By shifting our view, we can inter another ream were there is the male, the female, the strong, the weak, the aggressive, the passive; all in an interplay far beyond the intent of their designers. For the observant, the intimacy, compassion, solitude, and symmetry, that may be seen in the subjects are not, in reality, in the subjects at all. The reality is that the artist has penetrated the inner walls of the viewer and has mirrored, in him or her, the hopes of intimacy, compassion, solitude, and symmetry. Likewise, if one were to see obsession, aggression, and discord, then perhaps, these maybe the very things that one wants to distance oneself from. My hope __ by the Grace of Allah __ is that my work has achieved that level of penetration, and that it has caused the viewer to look and see who they really are within themselves. Mujahid ‘Abdul-Ba’eth |
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