Artist Mattar Bin Lahej explains the concept behind his latest sculpture.
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00:28The Qur'an is a book of chapters and chapters.
00:32The chapters are used to explain the meanings of the Qur'an,
00:36the meanings of the words, the meanings of the meanings,
00:40the reasons for the revelation, the translation, the meanings of the letters, and so on.
00:44This translation is not based on a literal writing,
00:48but rather on visual balance and forms that indicate great implications.
00:56The Qur'an may be revealed more and more over time.
01:00The secret lies in the work of the artist,
01:04in some words that need to be studied and researched by the interested parties
01:09in order to reach the reality of the object.
01:12Where does he throw it, and what is the purpose of its existence?
01:16The culture of artistic works, and the way I create them,
01:21or the style or the fingerprint that I try to produce,
01:25always comes from a great cultural background.
01:30The word Mawsu'a, or the name Mawsu'a,
01:34is the beginning of a new era of production.
01:37It's not just one piece and it's over.
01:40No, it's the beginning of a new era.
01:42This Mawsu'a spreads so that it becomes a series of productions
01:45that I create that may extend for ten years.
01:48This Mawsu'a may cover a large area,
01:52or a large area of my style that I produce through it.
01:57The feeling in Ramadan, even the production that I produce in Ramadan,
02:02I try to bless it.
02:04The artist is not just a person who understands the artistic production.
02:08The artist is the pinnacle of spirituality,
02:11because he lives inside it and does not live outside it.
02:19The Mawsu'a
02:22The Mawsu'a
02:48The Mawsu'a
02:54I hope that the non-Muslims
02:57will remove the veil that is in front of their eyes
03:01and try to go directly to search for the Mawsu'a of the Qur'an
03:05and let them see and judge whether it is a Mawsu'a made of gold,
03:09or whether it is a word or a book that is hollow.
03:15The direct message is that by searching for the Mawsu'a of the Qur'an,
03:19you will find its essence and change your whole life.
03:23I don't see anyone who can ask me why I became an artist.
03:27The artist is the nature of life.
03:31I live my life with art.
03:33I was born as an artist.
03:36I was born and the art was born with me.
03:43I live with art and the art lives inside me.