No. 22 · Symbols & Ancient Signs
The Key of Passage
A broken ring of chalky white opens like a gateway, and through its centre rises an ornate ancient key. The canvas is split between burnt terracotta above and deep black below, scattered with spirals, triangles and circles like marks from a forgotten script. Simple, symbolic and strong, it speaks of thresholds: the doors we must unlock to move from one life to the next.
Original · one of one · never reproduced. Oil and acrylic, by Egyptian artist Nourhan Salama.