Medium: Lithograph on white BFK Rives 300 gsm hand cut paper.

Good To Know: Unframed, stored flat in our humidity controlled art storage facility, accompanied by a CoA (Certificate of Authenticity) issued by the artist, condition report available upon request.

Asking Price: Excludes international shipping and applicable import duties / charges. Please contact our gallery to obtain a shipping quote. Delivery within Singapore is free.

Arty-Fact: "Art and technology united 49 people from many different countries and backgrounds to share a unique moment of humanity. We all have this heightened need for social interaction these days. During this challenging time, I missed the human interactions I experienced during my art projects.

"André Malraux said: 'Art is the shortest path from one human being to another human being.' I depicted the words of the French Novelist in Arabic on an artwork that I divided into 49 pieces. Each piece was sent to a person worldwide: Nigeria, USA, Portugal, Italy, China, Canada, UAE, Qatar, France, UK, Netherlands, Pakistan, Tunisia, Rwanda, Egypt, and Romania.

"Then, at 1 PM EST on April 26 2020, everyone logged in with their respective virtual backgrounds. As the conductor, I just had to synchronize the participants and shape the final picture, allowing people to enter the Zoom call according to their position on the artwork.

"Each person was a single instrument playing a solo. Person by person, I could witness the artwork taking shape. I had to trust everyone to do their part so we could create the artwork together. Their role was to be on time, have a good internet connection and have a laptop. It was amazing to see each person entering the room and, to their surprise, being greeted by people from all over the world, whether they knew them or not. There was an undeniable comradery that was genuinely endearing.

"The best part of it was not the artwork. It was the ambience, the energy, and the love everyone shared during the call. This wouldn't have been possible without the talented Aloe Blacc, who performed throughout the call, and the performance of the fantastic Dutch dancers Norah, Yarah and Rosa.

"For over an hour, we were all at the same level, in unison, sharing the same human condition. I didn't realize what was happening until the call was over, and the participants left one by one just as I had added them." - eL Seed.

About eL Seed

eL Seed is a contemporary artist whose practice crosses the discipline of painting and sculpture. He uses wisdom of writers, poets, and philosophers from around the world to convey messages of peace and to underline the commonalities of human existence. eL Seed uses his art as an echo of the stories of the communities that he meets around the world and aims to amplify their voices.

He finds his artwork being a way of building a link between peoples around the world. Whenever he works within a community, he spends a long time to learn and be inspired by them researching to find the best art installation to summarize the voice of the community he is working within and to underline his key principals of love, respect, and tolerance.

His work has been shown in exhibitions and in public places all over the world including most notably on the facade of “l’institut du monde Arabe” in Paris, in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, on the DMZ between North and South Korea, in the slums of Cape Town and in the heart of Cairo’s garbage collectors neighborhood.

In 2015, TED recognised eL Seed as one of the year's TED Fellows for advocating peaceful expression and social progress through his work.

In 2016, eL Seed was named a 'Global Thinker' 2016 by Foreign Policy for his project 'Perception'.

In 2017, the artist won the Unesco Sharjah prize for Arab Culture. In 2019, he won "The International Award for Public Art" for his project in Cairo, 'Perception'.

In 2021, eL Seed was selected by the World Economic Forum as a 'Young Global Leader' for his vision and influence to drive positive change in the world.

eL Seed has also collaborated with Louis Vuitton on their famous "Foulard d'artistes".