Works of Art
Works of Art
“?” by Mohamed Chabarick 142x200 cm .
The title of this work took inspiration from its shape , which is sinuous , curved and balanced : it consists of one main body and a separate dot , a sort of S-shaped symbol recalling Venice ’ s Grand Canal , a proper container for the stories that will be told by the mosaic it enshrines . Said “ stories ” come from long ago , from the dawn of time , from the caves where the East and the West probably shared a common past . Soon , however , the two worlds split on the two different sides of the same border , which sometimes is very well-defined and sometimes blurred and vanishing . This is exactly what happened to the history of the those two worlds : sometimes we go , and sometimes they come . Overlapping lines define areas made up of architectural shapes , which seek to represent different ages , telling something about each of them with textures and materials . The story slowly starts to take color , until it gets to where the protagonist is placed . Almost at the center of the composition we find al-Bunduqiyya , which is to say Venice , symbolically represented by St . Mark ’ s Basilica , bearing witness to one of the most beautiful periods of dialogue and exchange . Besides goods , there was also an exchange of science and knowledge , Saints and Gods , stories and tales .