Sandow Birk
“American Qur’an: Surah 100 2009 19x27”
Original Painting : Ink, Acrylic and Gouache
Size: 16x24 inches | 41x61 cm
Framed : 19x27 in | 48x69 cm
Edition: Original
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Year2009
Hand SignedOn Verso
Condition Excellent
Framed without GlassBlack Frame Floated on White Mat
Purchased fromGallery 2009
Provenance / HistoryPurchased from Koplin del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
Story / Additional InfoA project to hand-transcribe the entire Qur'an according to historic Islamic traditions and to illuminate the text with relevant scenes from contemporary American life. Nine years in the making, the project was inspired by a decade of extended travel in Islamic regions of the world. Birk’s project uses copyright-free English translations of the Qur’an from various authors. Following the traditions of Qur’anic manuscripts throughout the centuries, Birk worked to create unique artworks, each envisioned as if it were a two-page spread in a codex. Working steadily, the process involved the transcribing of the text by hand, using a hand-lettered “font” based on graffiti tagging, a particularly urban American writing form. The final project consists of 427 pages comprising all 114 Suras of the Qur’an.
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