EBTISAM ABDULAZIZ
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    • 2022 >
      • Autobiography 2022
      • 2022 Artist in Residency program at Montgomery College
    • 2021 >
      • 'I can't breathe' 2021
      • collaboration with Life Water 2021
      • Collaboration with Swatch 2021
    • 2020 Isolation Art
    • 2019 >
      • Untitled 2019
      • Focal Illusion 2019
      • Life in a bag 2019
    • 2018 >
      • See Something Say Something 2018
      • Gold 2018
      • 2y+2m+5d=38m
    • 2017 >
      • Islamophobia 2017
      • A safe person to approach 2017
      • Subscription 2017
      • Re-Building 2017
    • 2016 >
      • Autobiography 2015-2016, Diary
      • Untitled 2016 (1)
      • Autobiography-USA 2014-16
      • Untitled 2016 (2)
      • Untitled 2016 (3)
    • 2015 >
      • Structures 2015
      • Unashamed 2015
      • Remapping DC 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013 >
      • Re-Mapping the Wall 2013
      • Re-Mapping House 11, 2013
      • Re-Mapping the Office 2013
      • Night Shadows 2013
      • Remapping AlFahidi 2013
      • Remapping Africa 2013
      • Blue Freedom 2013
      • My Phone’s Diary 2013
    • 2012 >
      • Autobiography 2012, Diary
      • Autobiography 2012- Plate Numbers
      • Autobiography 2012-Found Objects
    • 2011 >
      • Women’s Circles 2011
      • Self Portrait 2011
    • 2010 >
      • Untitled 2010
      • Re-Mapping The Arab World 2010-2013
    • 2009 >
      • Life in a Bag 09
      • Biography 09
      • Word in to Art 09
    • 2008 >
      • Untitled 08
    • 2007 >
      • Imaginary shapes 07
      • Light of the Shadow 07
      • Autobiography 07
    • 2006 >
      • Life's cube 06
      • 35 Minutes 06
      • My Brain 06
    • 2005 >
      • Portrait 05
      • Four Probabilities 05
      • Vision & Illusion 05
      • Autobiography 03-05
    • 2004 >
      • Number & Lifetime 04-05
      • Ten Triangles 04
      • Line 04
    • Paintings 1999- 2018
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Four Probabilities 05 

This is a work of Systemic Art. The lines and squares with their colors and numbers are a mathematical cognitive system of colors and shapes. The pieces are marked
by the strict non-random repetition of color-number combinations. 'Four Probabilities' is a work emancipated from hues and the aesthetic color mixing. This kind of work is not aimed at chromatic harmony; it is discrete repetition based on a system that deals with colors, shapes, and numbers. The work consists of four pieces representing the four probabilities and a fifth piece that is the result
of the four operations digitally printed on wooden pieces measuring 80x100cm and 120x100 cm.
The strategy of the work is based on a mathematical system that utilizes addition of numbers from 1 to 10. Each number has its own distinctive color, and the system is based on probability. For the numbers (1-2) the possible permutations are (1,2), (2,2), (1,1), (2,1) with no fifth possibility. The same goes for this work and the set of numbers (1-10) as follows:

Either (1-10) and (10-1)
Or (1-10) and (1-10)
Or (10-1) and (1-10)
Or (10-1) and (10-1)

No fifth possibility exists for the addition operations.
All the respective operations are different despite the commutative property of the addition operation (1 +2=3 and 2+ 1 =3) because the visual output is different due to the ordering of the colors.
A passing peek that does not analyze the work and deeply contemplate it would not arrive at the essence of this work and thus would not appreciate its aesthetic quality. This work allows the viewer to get involved at a higher intellectual level.
©  2022 EBTISAM ABDULAZIZ
  • About
    • BIO
    • CV
  • Work
    • 2022 >
      • Autobiography 2022
      • 2022 Artist in Residency program at Montgomery College
    • 2021 >
      • 'I can't breathe' 2021
      • collaboration with Life Water 2021
      • Collaboration with Swatch 2021
    • 2020 Isolation Art
    • 2019 >
      • Untitled 2019
      • Focal Illusion 2019
      • Life in a bag 2019
    • 2018 >
      • See Something Say Something 2018
      • Gold 2018
      • 2y+2m+5d=38m
    • 2017 >
      • Islamophobia 2017
      • A safe person to approach 2017
      • Subscription 2017
      • Re-Building 2017
    • 2016 >
      • Autobiography 2015-2016, Diary
      • Untitled 2016 (1)
      • Autobiography-USA 2014-16
      • Untitled 2016 (2)
      • Untitled 2016 (3)
    • 2015 >
      • Structures 2015
      • Unashamed 2015
      • Remapping DC 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013 >
      • Re-Mapping the Wall 2013
      • Re-Mapping House 11, 2013
      • Re-Mapping the Office 2013
      • Night Shadows 2013
      • Remapping AlFahidi 2013
      • Remapping Africa 2013
      • Blue Freedom 2013
      • My Phone’s Diary 2013
    • 2012 >
      • Autobiography 2012, Diary
      • Autobiography 2012- Plate Numbers
      • Autobiography 2012-Found Objects
    • 2011 >
      • Women’s Circles 2011
      • Self Portrait 2011
    • 2010 >
      • Untitled 2010
      • Re-Mapping The Arab World 2010-2013
    • 2009 >
      • Life in a Bag 09
      • Biography 09
      • Word in to Art 09
    • 2008 >
      • Untitled 08
    • 2007 >
      • Imaginary shapes 07
      • Light of the Shadow 07
      • Autobiography 07
    • 2006 >
      • Life's cube 06
      • 35 Minutes 06
      • My Brain 06
    • 2005 >
      • Portrait 05
      • Four Probabilities 05
      • Vision & Illusion 05
      • Autobiography 03-05
    • 2004 >
      • Number & Lifetime 04-05
      • Ten Triangles 04
      • Line 04
    • Paintings 1999- 2018
    • Collage
  • Video
  • Press
  • News
  • Contact