{"id":58158,"date":"2024-10-21T19:16:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=58158"},"modified":"2024-10-21T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:16:32","slug":"last-chance-wissam-shawkat-calligraformism","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/last-chance-wissam-shawkat-calligraformism\/","title":{"rendered":"<mark>CLOSING TODAY<\/mark> Wissam Shawkat: Calligraformism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Iraqi artist and calligrapher introduces the latest examples of his signature style, merging the beauty of classical Arabic scripts with modern design principles; Calligraforms transforms Thuluth script lettering into abstract, fluid forms that are removed their textual meaning and presented as stand-alone visual elements. As he puts it, &#8220;Each letter has a life and energy of its own. By magnifying their details and removing the constraints of the text, I aim to reveal their hidden beauty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By blending the rich heritage of Arabic calligraphy with influences from modern European abstract movements like Cubism, and Bauhaus, Wissam creates a dialogue between the East and West,&#8221; says the gallery. &#8220;Calligraformism is more than an art style; it is a philosophy, an artistic movement, that reflects Wissam\u2019s desire to break the boundaries of classical calligraphy &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The Iraqi artist and calligrapher introduces the latest examples of his signature style, merging the beauty of classical Arabic scripts with modern design principles; Calligraforms transforms Thuluth script lettering into abstract, fluid forms that are removed their textual meaning and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/last-chance-wissam-shawkat-calligraformism\/\" title=\"CLOSING TODAY Wissam Shawkat: Calligraformism\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-58158","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/58158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/58158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58158"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=58158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}