Contemporary Islamic Models: Reinterpreting Ornament as a Living Trace

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This project represents an attempt to reconstruct the relationship between traditional Islamic motifs and the contemporary visual context. It reclaims Islamic ornament not merely as decorative detail, but as a conceptual tool summoned from the depths of heritage to pose questions of identity, memory, and the present moment.

The works unfold across the intersections of form and void, color and monochrome. Ornament becomes a unit of meaning—inscribed within the image to reimagine reality not as it is, but as it might be recalled from cultural memory. From the silhouette of a rabbit to the question mark, from words like NOW and YES, to a rosary composed of rhythmic pattern—symbols multiply, reshaped into new visual codes, inviting personal interpretation.

Engaging with typographic design, symbolic structure, and the meditative essence of Islamic ornament, the works are rhythmic yet contemplative. The repeated motifs do not simply decorate the space; they breathe within it, offering a visual cadence that recalls sacred geometry and spiritual silence.

These compositions exist at the intersection of drawing, printmaking, and digital media—contemporary in their methods, rooted in a visual language of ancestry. They do not offer fixed answers, but rather an open field of meaning, where the Arabic letter and ornamental pattern become portals for rebalancing the self amid a world of transformation—and for rediscovering the human core beneath the symbol.