Artworks

Dona nobis pacem

Grant us Peace (Bach) A music stand on which is written calligraphically in Latin and Arabic script: DONA NOBIS PACEM. A message of peace – and a bridge between Orient and Occident. The sculpture was created for the 56th Haller Bach-Tage 2019, which ended with the performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s B minor Mass and the Dona nobis pacem at […]
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Ode to Joy – Friedrich Schiller

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,Daughter from Elysium,We enter drunk with fire,Heavenly, your sanctuary!Your spells bind again,What fashion strictly divided.All people become brothers,Where your gentle wing dwells. Translated into Arabic by Dr Malika Bendaoud Boulkifane (Oran, Algeria) Oil and ink on birch wood(Ode an die Freude – Friedrich Schiller)
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Our Father / Sura Fatiha

Our Father Our Father who art in heaven,Hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.Thy will be done,On earth as it is in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,As we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,But deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom and the powerAnd the glory for ever and ever.Amen. […]
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The Infinity

“If all the trees on Earth were writing tubes, if the sea were the ink and the Seven Seas, the words of God would never be exhausted, for God is powerfully wise.” Sura 31 Lokman; From the Koran translation by Friedrich Rückert Oil and ink on birch wood(Die Unendlichkeit)
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