MY ACRYLIC MURALS

THESE ACRYLIC MURALS WERE CREATED DURING AUTUMN OF 2005 AT NOW DEFUNKT CAFE LOCATED THEN IN VÄIKE-KARJA STREET, TALLINN, ESTONIA.

CAFE WAS CALLED OASIS - OR AL-WAHA IN ARABIC - AND SERVED THEMED FOOD.
MURALS ARE INSPIRED - COMPOSITIONS, COLOURS, ORNAMETS, TEXTURES ETC. - BY ANCIENT ARABIC MINIATURES FROM POETRY BOOKS - NAMELY BY WORKS OF PERSIAN MASTERS MIRAK NAQQASH AND KAMAL AL-DIN BEHZAD. AS A SOURCE I ALSO STUDIED WATER-COLOUR REPLICAS OF ORIGINALS TAKEN BY GERMAN ARCHEOLOGISTS ON LOCATION IN 1800`S. IN MY CAUSE - FINAL RESULT HAS MOSTLY A TEUTONIC TOUCH.
POETRY ITSELF ALSO FOUND WAY ON THE WALLS OF THIS CAFE IN SHAPE OF ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY - YET IT COMES NOT FROM NIZAMI BUT FROM MUCH RECENT TIMES - I USED LYRICAL LINES FROM SONGS BY CONTEMPORARY LEBANESE SINGER FAIRUZ. HER MUSIC WAS MY SOUNDTRACK DURING THE WORK.

ALL IN ALL - ON TECHNICAL SIDE - ACRYLIC PAINT WERE USED ALONG PENCIL, SANGUINE, COAL, LASSERING LIQUID, VARNISH ETC. AGEING AND TEXTURAL EFFECTS WERE APPLIED.
MURALS ALONG THE INTERIORS CAN BE FOUND ON THE SITE OF AN INTERIOR DESIGNER WITH WHOM I WORKED BACK THEN AND UNDER WHOSE GUIDANCE THE WHOLE PROJECT TOOK SHAPE.SEE IT HERE:http://www.igorziko.com/gallery.php?gallery=cluboasis

PHOTOS TAKEN BY DINARA

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