{"id":9155,"date":"2021-02-24T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=9155"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:57:33","slug":"abdullah-m-i-syed-at-aicon-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/24\/abdullah-m-i-syed-at-aicon-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdullah M. I. Syed at Aicon Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A glowing globe of hand-stitched prayer caps headlines \u2018Nurun \u2018ala Nur (Light Upon Light)\u2019, Australian artist Abdullah M. I. Syed\u2019s current show at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aicongallery.com\/exhibitions\/nurun-ala-nur-light-upon-light-abdullah-m-i-syed\">Aicon Gallery<\/a>. \u00a0Positioned over a water-like, reflective blue surface, the light sculpture imitates a full moon, associating the sublime beauty of a celestial body with personal and group devotion.\u00a0 (On view through March 6<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9156\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9156\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9156\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9156\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/abdullah_syed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/abdullah_syed.png 1646w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/abdullah_syed-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/abdullah_syed-500x355.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abdullah M. I. Syed, Nurun &#8216;ala Nur (Light Upon Light), Hand-stitched white crochet taqiyah (skullcaps), LED light, Perspex dome and mirror, Dimensions variable, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glowing globe of hand-stitched prayer caps headlines \u2018Nurun \u2018ala Nur (Light Upon Light)\u2019, Australian artist Abdullah M. I. Syed\u2019s current show at Aicon Gallery. \u00a0Positioned over a water-like, reflective blue surface, the light sculpture imitates a full moon, associating the sublime beauty of a celestial body with personal and group devotion.\u00a0 (On view through &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/24\/abdullah-m-i-syed-at-aicon-gallery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Abdullah M. I. 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