{"product_id":"sami-burhan-senza-titolo","title":"Sami Burhan - Untitled","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe work of Syrian-born artist Sami Burhan draws on a variety of stimuli to create a highly original language. His subjects draw primarily on an informal aesthetic of sign-based expression, a recontextualization of the post-World War II European art scene inspired by his Islamic culture. Trained primarily in Arabic calligraphy, his works draw on an informal aesthetic rooted in a contemporary fascination with the written word as a signifier. From this foundation, Sami Burhan moves in his own original direction, always open to new inspirations. The messages conveyed by Burhan in his canvases are always evocative and universally relevant (“Salamun – Peace,” “People are equal like the teeth of a comb,” “Yes to life, no to drugs,” “Do not harm others, but not even yourself,” “Choose forgiveness and command good,” “Do not say what you do not know”), but the importance of an abstract aesthetic based precisely on the hermeticism of the decontextualized graphic symbol prevails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eStarting from these premises, we can affirm that Sami Burhan's artistic production represents a meeting of Eastern and Western cultures, as Islamic calligraphy takes on the guise of an informal conception of essentially sign-based painting. Thus, as in the present painting, the Arabic word stands out in the decontextualized space like a message to be deciphered, its universal and objective significance merging with the fascinating hermeticism of its mysterious presence. From a strictly stylistic perspective, all this is fueled by a color application charged with pictorial vibrations, which at times even verges on ostentatious gestures. The concrete sign merges with other abstract images, while the color takes on a dynamic and iridescent quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eSami Burhan was born in 1929 in Aleppo, Syria. His father was a great mathematician and a lover of Islamic graphic art, and Sami became his student. At just seven years old, Sami Burhan was already interested in Islamic script, and in 1945 he became a student of Husein Husni, the first calligrapher at the court of the Sultan of Istanbul. Burhan began creating drawings for crafts and developing an interest in hand-colored photography using watercolors, pastels, and oils. In 1948, he established contact with several artists in Aleppo, and the following year, at the age of twenty, he participated in the painting competition organized by the Aleppo municipality for the National Congress of Syrian-American Emigrants, winning first prize. In 1951, due to ideological disagreements, he was transferred to an isolated school, but some time later, his mastery of graphic art earned him a call to the Institutional Office in Aleppo. In 1952, he won the competition to teach art in high schools, becoming a professor at the Teacher Training College in Aleppo. He traveled extensively to the West while remaining faithful to his Eastern cultural roots. He lived and worked for a long time in Massa Marittima, where he passed away in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Ciuccatosti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218018447746,"sku":"Pciu001","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/1-Sami-Burhan.jpg?v=1768470271","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/sami-burhan-senza-titolo","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}