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Silent Series: Veil of Silence No. 4

Silent Series: Veil of Silence No. 4

By Abdulrahman Ghalayini
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Item details:

Features:   Handmade  Unique Piece 
Materials:   Charcoal  Paper 
Dimensions (cm):  42.0 x 29.7 x 0.1
Net Weight (kg):  0.1

"Veil of Silence No. 4" captures the quiet intensity of solitude. Using dramatic chiaroscuro, only part of the face emerges from darkness, suggesting the unseen weight of silence and inner thought.

Art Technique: Chiaroscuro portrait drawing using layered charcoal, blending, and erasure to sculpt light and shadow.

Medium/Material: Charcoal on Winsor & Newton acid-free 220gsm paper.

Production Year: 2025.

Artist Statement:

In my charcoal work, I seek to investigate form through light and absence. Shadows are not just the lack of light but active presences—brooding, shaping, defining. Charcoal offers me a vocabulary of both control and spontaneity. I use vine charcoal for initial gestural lines, then compressed charcoal to build up dense layers and dramatic blacks. I exploit smudging and erasure to reveal, hide, and distort. The paper surface plays a critical role—its texture becomes part of the composition; tooth, weight, and grain all influence how charcoal responds. I intend to make the viewer’s eye move across expanses of value, noticing the shifts between deep blacks, mid-tones, and glimmers of untouched paper. My work aspires to invite reflection: on what is absent as much as what is present; to challenge our expectations of clarity, of edges; to allow space for ambiguity. I want the viewer to linger in the in-between: between light and dark, clarity and blur, seen and unseen.

 

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About Abdulrahman Ghalayini

Abdulrahman Ghalayini is a fine art photographer from Lebanon whose work explores emotional aftermaths, quiet tensions, and the invisible weight of memory. Through conceptual still life photography, he transforms everyday objects into symbols of presence, absence, and transformation.

Rooted in minimalism and driven by storytelling, he builds carefully composed frames that resonate with silence and symbolism. His work often touches on themes of time, identity, and loss—inviting viewers into spaces where emotional realities take physical form.