Ismail Gulgee was a Pakistan abstract artist that uses reference to Islamic calligraphy. This week, he was found murdered along with his wife Zarrin Gulgee and a maid. It is a sad passing for the art world, and a tragic thing to happen to his family and the maid's family as well. But I also bring him to your attention, because his style reminds me of many of the abstract artists I have viewed on blogosphere. I like his paintings, because he uses the language of Abstraction Expressionism with the influence of Islamic calligraphy. If you have read any of my past blog entries, you know that abstracting text is an investigation that I promote and I create myself. A great resource for Islamic art that relates to script/text is Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics, by Nada M. Shabout.
I found a Pakistan dealer of Gulgee work Eye for Art gallery.
7 comments:
How shocking and sad.
I like this very much and can definitely see the Islamic influence.
I will be looking for more of his work
That is one interesting piece of artwork.
You always have the coolest stuff here, you are on your to that MFA.
And if you had a suggestion as to where I should submit, I think I'm ready. I remember you saying that a while back, and it stuck with me. A lot of people have been saying that.
It's time.
Thanks for the visit to my blog. It's always appreciated.
sad and shocking.
islamic calligraphy has been apart of our collective history (India and Pakistan) and the numerous ancient monuments from the era lie testimony to the fact.
glad you brought his work out here. 'tis important.
It's a beautiful piece. What a terrible loss for the world -- it needs more beauty in it.
pLEASE HELP ME FIND HIS WORKS I WOULD LIKE TO OWN ONE..THANKS
He was my great uncle.
I wish I knew. Sorry
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