Zain AlSharif Jordanian, b. 1998
Velied, 2024
Charcoal on paper
20 x 20 cm
Copyright The Artist
A collection of charcoal drawings that preserves fleeting moments of Levantine life. Through craftsmen, shepherds, musicians, elders, and women, the series reflects the quiet poetry of everyday existence. Rendered in...
A collection of charcoal drawings that preserves fleeting
moments of Levantine life. Through craftsmen, shepherds,
musicians, elders, and women, the series reflects the quiet
poetry of everyday existence. Rendered in monochrome,
each piece becomes a memory rather than a document, an
echo of traditions carried across generations. Charcoal is
one of humanity’s oldest artistic materials, charcoal’s soft
edges and textured marks resist photographic precision.
Instead, they evoke the way memory itself functions:
incomplete, blurred, and emotional.
moments of Levantine life. Through craftsmen, shepherds,
musicians, elders, and women, the series reflects the quiet
poetry of everyday existence. Rendered in monochrome,
each piece becomes a memory rather than a document, an
echo of traditions carried across generations. Charcoal is
one of humanity’s oldest artistic materials, charcoal’s soft
edges and textured marks resist photographic precision.
Instead, they evoke the way memory itself functions:
incomplete, blurred, and emotional.