WORK
When Our Paths Collide
Dana Awartani（Saudi Arabia/Palestine）
In the woods of Koshiarasawazeki, an area which retains a history of utilizing the river and working as a flood-control since long ago, a geometric sculptural work inspired by the crystalline structure of salt appears. In Jordan, the home of Awartani, and along the coastline of the Dead Sea of Palestine, crystallized salt can often be seen, but this kind of rock salt does not exist as a natural resource in Japan, where solar salt was brought inland from coastal areas. The development of the region through the salt trade and the artist’s own background overlap in this work, which symbolizes the intersection of history and culture.
Dana Awartani（Saudi Arabia/Palestine）
Awartani engages with the forms, concepts, and spatial constructs that shape Middle Eastern culture and reinterprets them. Her work is a philosophical elaboration on geometric patterns, which are a traditional element of Islamic art, as an alternative genealogy of abstraction.