Musaed Al Hulis

Athr Gallery, Jeddah
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2012

London, Old Truman Brewery, Edge of Arabia; #ComeTogether, October 2012

This work is in very good condition. The colours in the catalogue illustration are very accurate, although the overall tonality tends towards a silver, metallic hue.
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"The sajda (bowing to god) is an important symbol of Islam relating to the commandment of prayer. The work Dynamic expresses the dynamism and spiritual power the artist feels during prayer.  It characterises the connection between god and the subject praying, much like an unbreakable chain that links the two in that moment." Musaed Al Hulis 

Musaed Al Hulis holds a master's degree in Design and Analysis of Vehicle Systems from the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. Al Hulis lectures at the Technical College in Jeddah, and is a founding member of the Tasami Center in Jeddah. Musaed Al Hulis's oeuvre is work of caution against moral corruption and ideological distortion within a social infrastructure being stripped of its fundamental values, thinned out and infused with fallacies. The artist frequently questions the status quo of accepted realities. His work encourages an acknowledgment of current excesses and a realization of the potential for adopted practices to ricochet onto an entire society, further contributing to its destruction. Due to his extensive activity in support of the arts movement in Saudi Arabia, Musaed Al Hulis has received accolades of appreciation, and in 2011, he received an acquisition’s prize during the Contemporary Islamic Art Exhibition.