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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Inspired by French poet, Saint-John Perse ‘Chant Pour un Equinoxe’, the series of screen prints contains 13 drawings by Mona Saudi in an edition of 77. Lines from the verses such as ‘A singing rises within us which has not known its source and will have no estuary in death: ‘ are illustrated with sensitivity and oriented to Mona Saudi’s distinctive sculptural style. The original text of the poem is in French, and its translations in English, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Italian, German and Spanish are included in this album. Mona has always been inspired by poetry, her own and others, in her sculptures and drawings. This series of screen prints continues the exploration of poetry and drawings that began with 'The Lover's Tree' by the poet Mahmoud Darwish, and 'The Petra Tablets' with poems by Adonis. Mona's passion for poetry stems from its resemblance to sculpture in that the poetic phrase, like a sculpture, opens a space of infinite inspirations and resonance.Saint-John Perse was the pseudonym of Alexis Leger, a French poet and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 for the 'soaring and evocative imagery of his poetry'. 'Chant pour un Equinoxe' was one of Saint-John Perse's last works written in 1971. After his death in 1975, his library, manuscripts and private papers were left to theFondation Saint-John Perse, a research centre dedicated to his life and works.
. Exhibition Review from Jo Magazine
Previous Exhibitions BADER MAHASNEH - 'SCULPTING THE WATER' TARIQ DAJANI - ‘ABOVE WADI RUM'’ HAKIM JAMAIN - ‘30 DAYS IN LUXOR’ ABORIGINAL ART - ANCIENT ABSTRACTIONS
3 DIMENSIONS, 3 JORDANIAN
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