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HEND AL-MANSOUR  هند المنصور     
Printing with Henna

Picture
Girls Slave Singers

2012
Screen printing, henna on silk
Edition: 4



Henna best acts on animal tissue and hence the silk. The image here is similar to the previous print except that one of the three screens used above was omitted here (the pink color above). The silk is treated in two screen printing stages, it was washed after the first printing leaving a dark ochre color then the second screen was applied where the henna was left in, giving the dark reddish brown color.

The mandala like drawing is a mix of Islamic design, henna pattern, and Kufic calligraphy.

Picture


Story of A Woman


2011
Screen printing on wool
27 x 31 inches - 67 x 79 cm
Edition: Variable





Hend Bint 'Utbah was an Arab woman who claimed her freedom and asked her father, not to marry her out without her consent because, she told him, she was wise enough to choose what’s right for her. She married Abu Sufyaan who became the leader of Mecca the birth place of Islam. Her son Mu'awiyah became the founder of the Umayyad dynasty in Syria.



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Picture
AlBadr


2006
Screen printing on canvas
14 x 14 inches
Edition: Variable





Al-Badr means “full moon” in Arabic. In this image Arabic calligraphy forms the background design. The words are “Allah” and “Mohammed” repeated and intertwined. The figures represent the seeker, the human or “Mohammed” looking up from earth, and the giver, the divine or “Allah” looking down from the sky. The two are intertwined in intersecting two triangles. This image was printed in variable sizes to make a geometric formation with the same title.



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Walladeh


2004
Screen printing henna on wool
34 x 40 inches - 86 x 101 cm





Inspired by the  Andalusian princess Walladeh Bint Al-Mustakfi, the calligraphy and design reflects traditional Islamic art from that era. The figures in the middle are inspired by Da Vinci's vitruvian man but they refer to human
sexuality as part of cultural aesthetics. The human figures are part of the design pattern.




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Picture
Ana



2004
Screen printing on canvas
30 x 35 inches 76 x 89 cm
Edition: 7 variable prints



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Picture
Al Andalus


2004
Screen printing, henna on raw canvas
15 x 25 inches - 38 x 64 cm
Edition: 7



Islamic design is employed with figurative element.

Member of Lahd Gallery, London

Member of A.I.R. Gallery, New York
Member of Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis
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