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Preparation Steps

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The artist worked on a series of silkscreen prints in Washington DC inspired by Arabic text and geometric abstraction to evoke the primordial elements of visible language (p. 96).

Evidence

"Ana al-haqq, (‘I am the truth’), al-Hallaj (1983, silkscreen on paper, 76 x 30 cm) and Fi-l Bid’ Kan-al-Kalima, (‘In the Beginning was The Word’), St John (1983, silkscreen on paper, 58 x 58 cm)"

Remarks

Kamal Boullata, a Christian Arab artist, used silkscreen on paper to explore his identity and memory of Jerusalem (p. 96-97). These works utilize the 'plastic' quality of calligraphy to bridge the divide between his Arabic heritage and Christian icon art (p. 98, 100). The paper supports complex iterations of squares rendered in Arabic square kufic (p. 97).