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Shahida Ahmed is showcasing her art works for the very first time here in Qatar. Oneness is based on the 99 names of Allah and the 7 heavens. It looks at the façade of cubes using Kufic script which creates a universal code to the audience. Shahida tries to relate this with the bar code and identity of things surrounding us. The 99 names of Allah are attributes to what we should all have in character on the outside, but what is truly our inner self is the unknown , just like the inside of the cube. Clay, wooden cubes in varying sizes, heavy in form and in their monochrome glaze, this huge installation exquisitely juxtaposes the most avant garde modern style to illuminate an ancient and eternal effect. But in their precise formation one is drawn through each layer of beauty to a point of singular transcendent completeness. In the artists’ s words: ‘I continue to be inspired by simplicity and the beauty and perfection of geometry’ The piece itself looks at geometrical form and beauty through 7 layers, however resulting back to the middle as the oneness, one God. The form of the cube also relates to worship and the kabba. Oneness is very simple: everything is included and allowed to live according to its true nature. This is the secret that is being revealed, the opportunity that is offered one universal truth and one God. The design of the Kufic script to this piece has been contributed by Doha based Sabah Arbilli, also exhibiting at Katara Galleries during Ramadan 2013.