Sultan Bin Fahad Saudi, 1971
Frequency Hand Diptich
Diptych Print
Piece 1: 76.2 x 127 cm
Piece 2: 76.2 x 76.2 cm
Piece 2: 76.2 x 76.2 cm
This print came from a single moment in Al‑Rawdah at Al-Masjid an‑Nabawi: Sultan pauses by the luminous screen that orders the flow of visitors and films what unfolds. Hundreds of...
This print came from a single moment in Al‑Rawdah at Al-Masjid an‑Nabawi: Sultan pauses by the luminous screen that orders the flow of visitors and films what unfolds. Hundreds of hands, faces and gestures press toward the barrier a tangible expression of longing and a collective attempt to touch the sacred. The work records that crowded intimacy without explanation, leaving each viewer to meet their own question. Hands searching for God become hands we recognise: a simultaneously concrete and abstract journey toward the divine
