1G: God Trip – The One

MINIMUM BID

$ 2,000.00 CAD

Place Bid

In collaboration with Lannie Lê, Business & Life Partner

 

About this piece ☪︎

The Crescent Star, representing the moon and the sun. As observers, we (Earth) are at the center. A medley of geometric patterns, most based on patterns found in the Islamic world. Inspired by Islamic history, architecture, geometry and pattern-making.

Background Patterns

  • Sun Starbursts: The Great Mosque of Herat, Herat, Afghanistan (1200)
  • Earth Starbursts: The Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain (1302)
  • Moon Starbursts: Eighth phases of the moon orbiting Earth
  • Medium and big Circles: Tilya-Kori Madrasah, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (1646)
  • Small Circles: The Great Mosque of Kairouan, Kairouan, UTunisia (670)
  • Octagrams, based on two squares: Abdullah Khan Madrasah, Bukhara (1598)
  • Large octagram shapes, left and right sides: Esrefoglu Mosque, Beysehir, Turkey (1297), at 30° angle

Typography

  • Sun: 99 Names of Allah, 1-33
  • Earth: 99 Names of Allah, 34-66
  • Moon: 99 Names of Allah, 67-99
  • Border: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Photos

  • Sun: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
  • Earth: The Blue Marble, NASA/Apollo 17 crew, Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans, Wikipedia.
  • Moon: Gregory H. Rivera, Wikipedia/creative commons

 

Medium:
Vinyl on gatorboard
Dimension:
48x80”