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Love series

Love series

Abdullah Dexen
Price
620 KD
Size
109 x 147 cm
Type
Modern, Calligraphy, Abstract
Year
2026
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Description

Those who have followed Abdullah Dexen's work will recognize this immediately. The tension, the warmth, the way color feels like it carries something personal. This piece belongs to his Love Series, a body of work that has become one of the most honest explorations of human emotion in his practice. Not love as a concept, but love as a feeling that is sometimes golden and expansive, sometimes dark and heavy, and almost always both at once. The molten gold form curling at the top is signature Dexen. It moves the way longing moves, reaching without grasping. Below it, deep greens and blacks spread like the quieter parts of love, the ones that don't make it into conversation but stay with you anyway.

Abdullah Dexen
Abdullah Dexen
Abdullah Dexen is a Kuwaiti contemporary artist and Arabic calligrapher whose work reimagines traditional Arabic calligraphy through a modern artistic approach. His practice is known for combining expressive letterforms, layered textures, and a diverse color palette, creating artworks that move beyond readable text and into visual rhythm, emotion, and abstraction. Through his work, Abdullah explores the beauty of Arabic letters as forms, shapes, and movement. His paintings often transform calligraphy into contemporary compositions, where the line becomes both a cultural symbol and a visual language. By experimenting with color, structure, and technique, he creates pieces that feel rooted in heritage while speaking in a fresh and modern style. Abdullah Dexen has participated in several local and international exhibitions, and his artworks have been acquired by important collectors and institutions inside and outside Kuwait. His work reflects a distinctive artistic identity, positioning him among the Kuwaiti artists who are contributing to the development of contemporary Arabic calligraphy.
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