Unveiling the Inner Self

dc.contributor.advisorRuppert, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorChishty, Mahwish Kamranen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArten_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-20T05:39:50Z
dc.date.available2008-06-20T05:39:50Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-15en_US
dc.description.abstractContradiction between the visible (zahir) and the veiled (baatin) creates this dialog of what we see and what the reality holds within; "They find as what they seek..." I have found my secret hide-outs, the Sanctuaries as my divine peace and every time I am in contact with them, I reveal myself onto myself. My early life experiences of not settling down in one place and moving from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan and later to America have left me with this sense of homelessness. In order to find connections between my roots, and myself, I started building my own comfort spaces within the spaces that were available at that time. By allowing my viewers to interact with the sculptural installations,I invite them to explore the concept of self-actualization and self-realization. For the past two years I have been investigating Kufic calligraphic fonts in my artwork. In the tradition of Sufism, the whirling and spinning helps one to know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one's inward from filth, and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8260
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledFine Artsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt Historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledFine Artsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIslamen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsufismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinstallation arten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvideosen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledarten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledprojectionsen_US
dc.titleUnveiling the Inner Selfen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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