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Abstract Red Form on Dark Ground

Estimated price$19,740 – $36,660

Oil on Canvas

200 × 150 cm | 78.7 × 59.1 in

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About the work

A turbulent mass of red, pink, and yellow pigment surges across a deep brown-black ground, rendered with fierce gestural brushwork that radiates heat and kinetic energy. The luminous central form seems to radiate outward from darkness, creating a visceral and commanding presence.

Faisal Samra (Saudi Arabia).

Oil on Canvas, 150 × 200 cm.

Part of the permanent collection of the Hindiyeh Museum of Arts, Jordan. One of a kind.

Medium
Size
200 × 150 cm | 78.7 × 59.1 in
Rarity
Unique
Certificate of authenticity
Included
Genre
Colours
Red, Brown, Yellow
Location
Amman, Jordan

About the artist

Faisal Samra — Oil on Canvas, 150 × 200 cm (representative image)
Faisal Samra

Saudi Arabia

Faisal Samra, born in 1956 in Bahrain to Saudi parents, is a pioneering conceptual artist in the Middle East. He employs a diverse range of mediums, including digital photography, painting, sculpture, video, and performance, to explore existential themes centered around the human figure. His work is characterized by spontaneity, dynamism, and secrecy, challenging conventional artistic representations.

Samra studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, graduating in 1980. He has held solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and Ayyam Gallery in Dubai and Jeddah. His works are part of collections at The British Museum in London and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha.

In the art market, Samra's works have been auctioned multiple times, with notable results achieved at international auction houses.

View all works by Faisal Samra

Oil

Pigment bound in oil, prized for its depth, luminosity, and slow drying that lets artists blend and build rich layers. The most enduring medium of modern painting, it remains central to the work of the region's leading modernists.

Abstract Expressionism

A postwar movement built on spontaneous, gestural abstraction and broad fields of color, conveying feeling without recognizable subjects. Its freedom shaped many Arab modernists exploring abstraction in their own visual language.