Hasta La Ideas

Taking a quick look at the artwork on show in the Jameel Prize exhibit—a selection of prize-winning Islamic art and design—we were immediately drawn to this little treasure.

“Negotiating the Space for Possible Coexistences” is an explorations of the contrasts in artist Babak Golkar’s life in America and Persian heritage. If you look closely you’ll notice that the ground plan of these fictional skyscrapers spring directly from the woven rug beneath them. Obviously then, when viewed from above the model disappears back into the pattern.

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