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Painting, calligraphy and sculpture by Muneeb Ali.

89 works

Wide canvas: a band of raised gold calligraphy crosses dense black-and-white script, with a small patch of red at its lower edge

UntitledCode 01 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 84"

Tall canvas split between a vivid orange field of faint script above and pale grey below, a burst of black calligraphy rising from the dividing line

UntitledCode 02 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 60"

Deep maroon canvas with a dense knot of raised gold calligraphy at the right edge, long gold strokes trailing left and three gold diamonds hanging below

UntitledCode 03 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 48"

Square canvas: a mass of raised gold calligraphy fills the upper half over crimson ground layered with black script

UntitledCode 04 · Oil on canvas · 30" × 30"

Ochre canvas with a sphere woven from black calligraphic strokes, long tails sweeping out at top right and bottom left

UntitledCode 05 · Oil on canvas · 48" × 72"

Tall navy canvas crossed diagonally by a river of raised gold script, with two red script clusters at its edges

UntitledCode 06 · Oil on canvas · 48" × 72"

Square yellow canvas with an orange sun holding a tangle of black calligraphy, three long black strokes falling beneath it and faint orange script around

UntitledCode 07 · Oil on canvas · 72" × 72"

Narrow vertical navy canvas; raised gold script descends in two columns, each ending in a gold diamond

UntitledCode 08 · Oil on canvas · 72" × 24"

Grey canvas with a wide cloud of raised gold calligraphy across the top and two gold strokes ending in diamonds below

UntitledCode 09 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 60"

Square canvas: textured black field above, gold ground below, and a small cluster of raised gold script with one long stroke reaching upward

UntitledCode 10 · Oil on canvas · 48" × 48"

Round canvas in a pale frame: gold-leaf ground with black brushed script on the left and raised gold calligraphy reaching in from the right

UntitledCode 11 · Oil on canvas · 24" × 24"

Round canvas in a pale frame: silver-leaf ground with raised silver script above and dense black calligraphy below

UntitledCode 12 · Oil on canvas · 24" × 24"

Two-panel crimson canvas with a large shape of raised gold calligraphy across both panels, framed by black and white brushed script

UntitledCode 13 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 72"

Dark red canvas layered with script, a long horizontal form of raised gold calligraphy across it with gold diamonds above and below

UntitledCode 14 · Oil on canvas · 48" × 60"

Square black canvas: a broad body of raised gold script, a pale blue calligraphic stroke and a large gold diamond above

UntitledCode 15 · Oil on canvas · 60" × 60"

Canvas split pale above and taupe below, a burst of black and white calligraphy straddling the line

UntitledCode 16 · Oil on canvas · 60" × 36"

Large horizontal canvas in three bands, ochre, black and white, with black letter-strokes and diamonds rising and falling at both edges of the black band

UntitledCode 17 · Oil on canvas · 60" × 96"

Large horizontal canvas in orange, black and white bands, black strokes and diamond dots hanging along the edges of the central black band

UntitledCode 18 · Oil on canvas · 60" × 96"

Square black canvas with a sphere of interwoven pale blue-grey calligraphy

UntitledCode 19 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 36"

Square pale canvas with a vertical column of raised gold calligraphy, long gold strokes extending left

UntitledCode 20 · Oil on canvas · 24" × 24"

Square navy canvas with faint blue script and a cascading mass of raised gold calligraphy at left

UntitledCode 21 · Oil on canvas · 24" × 24"

Square black canvas: a pale silver-blue script circle at upper left eclipsed by a large crescent of raised gold calligraphy

UntitledCode 22 · Oil on canvas · 30" × 30"

Wide green canvas with two clusters of raised gold calligraphy connected by long gold strokes, surrounded by dark green and white brushwork

UntitledCode 63 · Oil on canvas · 36" × 72"

Cobalt blue paper with a white calligraphic flourish at left, one long white stroke across the sheet and a small orange diamond

UntitledCode 23 · Acrylic on wasli · 21" × 27"

Pale paper with layered translucent red, orange and brown letter-strokes and two black calligraphic knots joined by a long black line

UntitledCode 24 · Acrylic on wasli · 21" × 27"

Tan paper with long horizontal black strokes framed by ghostly white calligraphy at both ends

UntitledCode 25 · Acrylic on wasli · 21" × 27"

Taupe paper with sweeping white calligraphic strokes and three small red diamonds at upper left

UntitledCode 26 · Acrylic on wasli · 21" × 27"

Orange paper with a dense vertical column of black calligraphy and long strokes extending left

UntitledCode 27 · Acrylic on wasli · 21" × 27"

White paper with a cloud of black calligraphy above and a single long stroke descending to a red diamond

UntitledCode 28 · Acrylic on wasli · 13.5" × 21"

White paper with a mass of black calligraphy below and a single stroke rising to a red diamond

UntitledCode 29 · Acrylic on wasli · 13.5" × 21"

White paper with two broad graded strokes from black to pale grey and a small group of diamonds

UntitledCode 30 · Acrylic on wasli · 13.5" × 21"

White paper with layered translucent grey-black strokes and a red diamond below

UntitledCode 31 · Acrylic on wasli · 13.5" × 21"

Narrow vertical paper with black and sepia calligraphic strokes sweeping down from upper right

UntitledCode 32 · Acrylic on wasli · 9" × 21"

Narrow vertical paper with a crescent of layered yellow, red and black strokes and black calligraphy

UntitledCode 33 · Acrylic on wasli · 9" × 21"

Small square paper entirely covered by dense green script

UntitledCode 34 · Acrylic on wasli · 7" × 7"

Small square paper entirely covered by dense blue script

UntitledCode 35 · Acrylic on wasli · 7" × 7"

Small square paper entirely covered by dense red script

UntitledCode 36 · Acrylic on wasli · 7" × 7"

Small square paper entirely covered by dense brown script

UntitledCode 37 · Acrylic on wasli · 7" × 7"

Small sheet with bold black letterforms filled with red over sweeping yellow strokes

UntitledCode 38 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with broad yellow strokes, a red ribbon and fine black script

UntitledCode 39 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with bold black calligraphy over green, turquoise and red

UntitledCode 40 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with two green calligraphic clouds joined by a long stroke and a dense black script knot

UntitledCode 41 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with green brushwork, peach script and a fine black calligraphic knot

UntitledCode 42 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small vertical sheet with blue and red strokes rising above a black band of fine script

UntitledCode 43 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with green and purple calligraphic clouds bridged by long strokes and a black script knot

UntitledCode 44 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small vertical sheet with peach brushwork and a black and red calligraphic knot trailing a long stroke

UntitledCode 45 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with broad yellow loops, red script and fine black calligraphy

UntitledCode 46 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small vertical sheet with a diagonal sweep of black, green and peach strokes

UntitledCode 47 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with parallel purple, green and red strokes and a dense black script knot

UntitledCode 48 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with flowing yellow lines and black script clusters over red

UntitledCode 49 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with red and peach brushwork and two black script knots joined by fine lines

UntitledCode 50 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with interwoven red and green calligraphy and a black script knot

UntitledCode 51 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with green brushwork and pink-red fine script

UntitledCode 52 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with parallel black strokes linking two calligraphic masses over green and red

UntitledCode 53 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small vertical sheet with layered red strokes and a black calligraphic knot

UntitledCode 54 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small vertical sheet with blue script clusters over green brushwork and one red stroke

UntitledCode 55 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with red letter-strokes and a black calligraphic knot

UntitledCode 56 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with dense red, green and black overlapping calligraphy

UntitledCode 57 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with two clouds of yellow calligraphy joined by long strokes

UntitledCode 58 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with two pink-and-black calligraphic clusters joined by a long curve

UntitledCode 59 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with a single flight of layered black strokes on white

UntitledCode 60 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small vertical sheet densely filled with fine black script around a pale circular space

UntitledCode 61 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Small horizontal sheet with dense black script forming two pillars joined at the base

UntitledCode 62 · Acrylic on wasli · 5.5" × 8"

Silver-toned metal letterform on a tall square plinth, a long diagonal stroke ending in a flourish

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Silver-toned metal letterform curving over a cube plinth

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Silver-toned metal letterform with a broad curve and stepped ends on a low rectangular plinth

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Silver-toned metal stroke looping upward from a tall plinth, ending beside a small cube

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Interlocking silver-toned metal letters balanced on a square plinth

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Tall silver-toned metal composition of letters rising from a slender stem on a plinth

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Vertical silver-toned metal letters climbing above a plinth, small cubes at their tips

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Swirling silver-toned metal letters crowned by a cube, on a tall plinth

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Four teardrop-shaped silver-toned metal letterforms stacked in a column on a plinth

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A curved gold-toned sheet cut with dense calligraphy, balanced on its point on a silver-toned plinth

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Tall polished gold-toned composition of interlocking letters rising from flared strokes

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Looping brushed gold-toned letters with a single stroke rising above a cube plinth

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Layered sweeping gold-toned strokes arcing over a rectangular plinth

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Gold-toned word in a single flowing line resting on a cube plinth

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Gold-toned and silver-toned letters in a long diagonal sweep above a cube plinth

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Three gold-toned teardrop letterforms rising from one curved stem on a tall plinth

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Ascending gold-toned letters with a long tail on a small cube plinth

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Gold-toned letters reaching around a small silver-toned cube on a tall plinth

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Polished gold-toned letters rising from a low oval base

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Polished gold-toned cubes balanced corner to corner in a rising cluster

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A single polished gold-toned letter curving upward from a low square base

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Polished gold-toned crescent ring enclosing interwoven letters and small cubes

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Polished gold-toned composition of overlapping letters on a curved base

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Polished gold-toned letters gathered at the base with one long arc sweeping outward

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Tall polished gold-toned letterforms leaning in flowing ribbons

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Polished gold-toned arc ending in a cube above a dense knot of letters

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