Arabic Calligraphy

Though calligraphy is the art of writing, that art is measured by the interpretation of the beholder. Using the tools of a writer, whether that be the brush, ink, pen, or spray can, the artist can create a connection between symbol and gesture. If calligraphy can also be deemed as just a means to transmit a text, it is unsurprising that this can take on a decorative form. Arabic calligraphy is therefore very highly regarded and one of the most fundamental elements of Islamic art. What is inherent within Arabic script is the potential to develop a variety of ornamental forms and this can often include an underlying talismanic component of such letters. In street art, the words and letters become art themselves and even for the likes of Julien Lebbihi found here on Artsper, the letter is deemed abstract and able to evoke emotion. In graffiti, Lebbihi is never satisfied with a letter until he can give it an emotion: anger, sadness, shyness, joy etc. The artist looks for the balance, the work of the form that these heaps of lines compose. The act of seeking out such a form in order to express emotion is also found in the work of 2flui, demonstrating further that the art of Arabic calligraphy is so much more than transmitting text…

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Print, Letter G, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€360

Print, Letter D, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter P, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter R, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter O, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€300

Print, Letter L, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter U, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter E, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter M, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter B, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter V, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Letter I, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 64.5 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

€200

Print, Mushashi, Cryptik

Cryptik

Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch

€1,300

Painting, Sans titre, Julien Lebbihi

Julien Lebbihi

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Sans titre, Julien Lebbihi

Julien Lebbihi

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Sans titre, Julien Lebbihi

Julien Lebbihi

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Print, Letter K, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€480

Print, Letter N, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€350

Print, Letter P, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 64.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€350

Print, Letter X, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€350

Print, Illuminatum, Cryptik

Cryptik

Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch

€1,200

Sculpture, Link, Dark

Dark

Sculpture - 63.5 x 48.3 x 6.4 cm Sculpture - 25 x 19 x 2.5 inch

€900

Painting, Absinthe, Mehdi Mirbagheri

Mehdi Mirbagheri

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Print, Letter I, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 64.5 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

€300

Painting, Heart On Canvas, 2flui

2flui

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Print, Letter T, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 64.5 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

€300

Print, Letter B, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 64.5 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

€240

Print, Letter B, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 64 x 48 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.2 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€300

Print, Letter H, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€240

Print, Letter Z, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€320

Print, Letter U, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€340

Print, Letter T, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€280

Print, Letter X, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€450

Print, Letter Y, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€350

Print, Stalefish, Cryptik

Cryptik

Print - 82.5 x 21.6 x 10.8 cm Print - 32.48 x 8.5 x 4.25 inch

€1,500

Print, King, Joan Brossa

Joan Brossa

Print - 50 x 38 cm Print - 19.7 x 15 inch

€400

Print, Letter U, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€340

Painting, Craze, 2flui

2flui

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Painting, Extrême, 2flui

2flui

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Print, Letter Z, Rafael Alberti

Rafael Alberti

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€450

Fine Art Drawings, Le gagnant, Mehdi Mirbagheri

Mehdi Mirbagheri

Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€6,000

Painting, Between 0 and 1, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 98 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting - 38.6 x 24.4 x 0 inch

€1,714

Painting, Weapon : Black hair, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 125 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Reverberation, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 125 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Cowabunga !, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Maiden Voyage, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Shaken, not Stirred, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Eat the Evil!, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Talisman, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 135 x 78 x 0.5 cm Painting - 53.1 x 30.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,706

Painting, Far from zen, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Mining !, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Shinobi, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, Revolution!, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 109 x 89 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.9 x 35 x 0 inch

€1,804

Painting, With heaven's help, Fuh-mi

Fuh-mi

Painting - 135 x 304 x 0.5 cm Painting - 53.1 x 119.7 x 0.2 inch

€9,019

Painting, Wind, Goulwen (Leyto) Mahé

Goulwen (Leyto) Mahé

Painting - 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

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