Lines From Letters

Exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation

-2024-


This Exhibition examines early concepts of writings and drawings of the Artist: poetic, raw and reflective.

Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, . Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding exploring the transition from written word to sculptural form.

This literary content forms the groundwork encouraging viewers to contemplate how storytelling and words influence our perception of visible and invisible boundaries.

Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding
Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding

The drawings and leporellos feature inkwork on paper with cutouts and gildings where the artist wanted to create a window that takes the viewer inside/outside the surface of the paper. 

Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding

Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding

They capture the artist's evolving thoughts and feelings.

Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding
Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding

This part highlights the transition, in the process, where written ideas start to take form. The drawings depict a range of interpretations from expressions to detailed studies.

Tarek Elkassouf طارق القاصوف — Lines From Letters exhibition at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Fine art drawings and leporellos featuring ink on paper, cutouts, and 22k gold leaf gilding