- Title
- The Letter 'Kaf'
- Date Made
- 1991
- Medium
- Screen print on paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 32 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (82.55 x 62.87 cm); Sheet: 41 3/8 x 31 5/8 in. (105.09 x 80.33 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2006.131
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
- Curatorial Notes
Writing in Arabic is not only a consistent and powerful theme in classical Islamic art but it also resonates with contemporary artists as both an art form and an expression of their cultural or religious identity. In his work, Ermes focuses on a single letter, here a kaf (K). The bold, black letter dramatically offset against the light paper recalls the black inscriptions on a white ground that characterize tenth-century Islamic ceramic wares.
- Selected Bibliography
- Safadi, Yasin Hamid. Islamic Calligraphy. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
