GOLDEN, DARK, AND DIAMOND ERA
Allegorical Landscape Paintings by Deni Je
Artist: Deni Je
Title: “Golden, Dark, Diamond Era”
Year: 2022
Size: 49.7 x 27.8 cm x 3 panels (19.5 in x 10.9 in x 3 panels)
Materials: watercolor on canvas
This painting depicts the journey of a civilization.
The past was a golden period. Now it is being hit by dark conditions. Someday it will shine even more, like a pearl.
This painting won the award of “The Winner of The Best of Stories Competition, the Art & Design category of The Best of Stories global Muslim creative competition, held by Narrative House 2023”.
1. The spherical astrolabe created by Muslim scientists around 1480.
2. Alhambra, the central government palace built by Muslims in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
3. The orbuculum, the transparent ball usually used by shamans, this object also appears in the Salvator Mundi Painting.
4. The fireworks display at the Riyad Season 2021 festival.
5. The diamonds with the words “La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah”.
6. The mosque in space, from the illustration by Peter Gould.