Artist Information:
Shakir Muwwakkil
Los Angeles, CA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2005
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Artist Statement:
Art is more than an ornament,
adorning walls and positioned
upon pedestals, it’s living.
Living through the artist or
the subject, and shared in the
lives of its viewers. Art has
intrinsic values, which shares
truth with those in its
presence. My objective as an
artist is to create ...
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Shakir Muwwakkil's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Shakir Muwwakkil's Portfolio.
Art is more than an ornament, adorning walls and positioned upon pedestals, it’s living. Living through the artist or the subject, and shared in the lives of its viewers. Art has intrinsic values, which shares truth with those in its presence. My objective as an artist is to create bodies of work which express ideas, concepts, and intimate thoughts. I choose to visually communicate to my viewers topics from social to global matters, to humanistic issues. I was selected by the photographic medium, as the tool in which to express and communicate. The camera has a unique voice and characteristics, which can transform an array of ideas, transcending ethnic, cultural, and language barriers. And it’s the only tool or device which can grasp and instant, and hold it captive forever.
My current bodies of work are different; however, they share ideas of creating social change. First, “Abstract Figurative Series”, this body of work is to confront the vast negative perceptions of the human form. In a society where people often use the cliché, “we are made in the image and likeness of God”, its not often understood. When one is confronted with such an image, this “magnificent creation”, ... |
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DESIRE, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Availability: Sold
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COLORED FOLKS, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Availability: Sold
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