- Title
- Guide Us Upon the Straight Path
- Date Made
- 2013
- Medium
- Natural ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21 1/4 × 39 3/8 in. (53.98 × 100.01 cm)
Framed: 24 7/8 × 43 × 1 1/2 in. (63.18 × 109.22 × 3.81 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2013.132
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
- Curatorial Notes
Trained as a calligrapher and an architect, Nasser Al Salem has developed his own tripartite approach to writing in which he focuses on the words and their meaning, the medium (he employs video and mixed media for his calligraphy in addition to ink on paper), and the aesthetic, resulting in multivalent, highly nuanced and engaging works. "Guide us upon the Straight Path" represents a real departure from traditional calligraphy as it intentionally references the readings of a heartbeat monitor while adhering to a consistent proportionality in the script. He has exhibited with Edge of Arabia in Istanbul and Jeddah, while his work also was included in a recent exhibition at the British Museum ("Hajj," 2012).
