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Artist Information:
Shakir Muwwakkil
Los Angeles, CA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2005
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Artist Media:
Mixed Media (12)
Photography Black and White (3)
Photography Color (3)
Photography Other (3)
Photography Silver Gelatin (11)
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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Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: DESIRE, 2008, Mixed Media

DESIRE, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Availability: Sold
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: SECRET LOVERS, 2008, Mixed Media

SECRET LOVERS, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 2000
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: EYE ON U, 2008, Mixed Media

EYE ON U, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 2000
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: COLORED FOLKS, 2008, Mixed Media

COLORED FOLKS, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Availability: Sold
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: EMPRESS, 2008, Mixed Media

EMPRESS, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 1200
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: WASHINGTON DAUGHTER, 2008, Mixed Media

WASHINGTON DAUGHTER, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 1850
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: SOLITUDE, 2008, Mixed Media

SOLITUDE, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 1800
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: GENERATION X    FAMILY PORTRAIT, 2008, Mixed Media

GENERATION X FAMILY PORTRAIT, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 1600
Artist: Shakir Muwwakkil, title: ROMEO, 2008, Mixed Media

ROMEO, 2008
Mixed Media,
36 x 54 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 1500

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