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A piece I ruined. An experiment with Eastern Arabic numerals
Arabic numerals are the 10 digits (0,*1,*2,*3,*4,*5,*6,*7,*8,*9) they were transmitted to europe in the middle ages, by Arabs in North Africa and the Middle east, It spread around the world through european trading.
the*Eastern Arabic numerals*(٠ -*١ -*٢ -*٣ -*٤ -*٥ -*٦ -*٧ -*٨ -*٩)* are the numerals used in the Middle East today. And those are the numerals I used in this painting.
The Idea was to combine a realistic portrait with these numbers, using them as symbols of mathimatical beauty & precision that exist in everything around us.
Because this is an oil portrait, I'm posting It here, but in order for you to see what was in my head I'll be posting a couple of tiny 5x8cm scribbles I did in pencil along with progress pics.
the idea was not complete...I needed to experiment more. But I didnt get the chance....I started it on the 25th of january 2011.
I would either try and fix it or paint another. Feedback would be nice.
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