Rashed AlShashai : A Concise Passage
AlShashai’s A Concise Passage playfully explores two distinctive symbols of ‘civilization’ and ‘commerce’ – one ancient and one modern. The pyramid itself refers perhaps to AlUla’s unique position at the crossroads of the Incense Route while the plastic palette – conceptually and physically the ‘base’ of the modern trade pyramid – becomes a universal form: a bridge between a vast open landscape and the economic systems that determine present-day borders.
