TURNING THE NIGHT ON

Allegorical Landscape Paintings by Deni Je

Artist: Deni Je
Title: "Turning the Night On"
Year: 2023
Size: 100 x 65 cm (39.3 x 25.5 in)
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas

Night is the perfect time to draw closer to The Creator (Allah SWT). 

In this painting, this is depicted by the crescent moon above the Kaaba. 

Meanwhile, other buildings around the world also share this wisdom. 

The buildings depicted in this painting include: 

List of objects in the painting of "Turning the Night On"

1. Kaaba

2. Dome of the Rock

3. Alhambra Granada Spain

4. Damascus Umayyad Mosque

5. Abbasid Baghdad City

6. Topkapi

7. Hagia Sophia

8. Galata Tower

9. Al-Qarawiyyin University

10. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

11. Djenné Mali Mosque

12. Samarra Mosque, Iraq

13. Selim Mosque Edirne

14. Xi’an Grand Mosque

15. Yogyakarta Sultanate

16. Gedhe Kauman Mosque, Yogyakarta

17. Sayidan Bridge

18. Al-Muthohar Mosque (in Deni’s village, now)

19. Sukorejo Mosque (in Deni’s village, past)

Deni Je with the painting "Turning the Night On"

The painting process video of the "Turning the Night On"

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