THE PASSAGE
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Mixed media on canvas |
| Dimensions | 78×64 cm |
| Year | 2025 |
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About this artwork
Figures emerge from cascading veils of fire and shadow, walking together beneath an arch of molten orange and violet. They are both dissolving and ascending, caught in a liminal moment where movement becomes memory, and crossing becomes transformation.
Ahmad Moualla envisions The Passage as a meditation on collective journey, whether migration, survival, or transcendence. The drips and washes echo the traces of time, while the faceless forms invite viewers to imagine their own role in the unfolding passage.
This work invites the collector to embrace movement as essence, the inevitability of change, the poetry of becoming. Owning it means carrying a fragment of humanity’s eternal crossings.
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About the Artist
Ahmad Moualla (b. 1958, Banyas, Syria) is one of the most influential figures in contemporary Syrian art. A painter, graphic designer, and professor, he studied at Damascus University and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Known for his large-scale, theatrical canvases that blend expressive figures with Arabic calligraphy, Moualla’s work explores themes of identity, memory, and power with striking emotional intensity.
His paintings have been exhibited widely across Europe, the Middle East, and North America, and are part of prestigious institutional and private collections. Moualla’s significance extends to the global art market, with his works featured in major auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. As a pioneer who introduced performance into Syrian visual art, he continues to shape the region’s cultural landscape with vision and depth.
