He Rules All Affairs ||
stainless steel
2018
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nasser Al-Salem proposes an immersive art installation in the entrance of the emergency room and since this is a setting where patients or family members enter with feelings of dread and fear, Nasser juxtaposes this emotion with one of peace, assurance and tranquility. His work 'yudabir al amir," is a reassurance from Allah that he, the almighty solves difficult situations. Nasser's work represents and instills calmness rather than add to these frantic emotions. He disperses the sentences to recreate the state of chaos and to imply that there is order in the chaos; the letters that are scattered ironically construct a meaning of peace.