DAMMAM: There is something deeply personal and poetic about Syrian artist Hayat Saker’s work: threads stitched into fabric, narratives woven and embedded into memory on acrylic paintings. Each piece has order and balance, yet stray strands burst out like colorful plumes of calm chaos.
Her second solo show, “Untitled,” which is at the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts in Dammam, collects 41 works that were created in two countries over a period of several years.
Saker’s art is not only handmade, it’s “heart-made.”
“I feel like it is my country — I belong here,” she told Arab News. “Saudi Arabia is very similar to Syria in that I have peace of mind.
“Some of these works were made in Damascus and I shipped them over for this show. However, the majority of them were made in Saudi during my time here over the last two years.
