Thursday, April 15, 2021

JEDDAH'S HORSES SCULPTURE

HORSE SCULPTURE BY RABIA AL-AKHRAS, A SYRIAN ARTIST WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN JEDDAH.

A SET OF FIVE STYLIZED HORSES WITH THEIR MID SECTIONS MISSING

"I LOVE TO LEAVE PIECES OF THEM MISSING BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE ARE NOT COMPLETE," SAID THE ARTIST.

I HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOLD THE REASON WAS BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AGAINST IDOLATRY WORSHIP.

I'VE ALWAYS CALLED THIS SCULPTURE "HUNGRY HORSES."

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9 comments:

Tom said...

...now that's an interesting idea.

William Kendall said...

An interesting reason for it.

Marie Smith said...

The horses are thought provoking!

Maggid said...

🙂"Hungry Horses" . . is perfect.

bookworm said...

I love these sculptures. At first glance, the missing sections did not surprise me, as I am familiar (my religion has something similar) with the prohibition of idolatry, so a little surprised that wasn't the primary reason a human rider wasn't shown. I enjoy these looks into a different culture. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Those sculptures are intriguing. Somehow the mind completes the image in the viewers. Kind of a gestalt maybe.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Very unique sculptures. I've never seen anything like it!

JudithK said...

What's there of the horses is beautifully done, but I find it unsettling.
Very. Yes, of course we are often incomplete in ourselves....,

Michelle said...

These are unique and I really like them. Nice to see something different. Thanks for linking up.