Declaration calligraphy sculpture — artwork #9982 by eL Seed · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
graffiti calligraphie pink sculpture arabic-script skyline
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Born on August 21, 1981 in Le Chesnay, near Paris, to Tunisian parents originally from Gabès, eL Seed grew up in France speaking only the Tunisian dialect. In his teens, while reconnecting with his roots, he learned to read and write classical Arabic, developing a passion for traditional calligraphy that he merged with the energy of graffiti to invent what he calls 'calligraffiti'. His first majo…
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Added 20/04/2026
A monumental work commissioned by Dubai Opera in 2018, this installation combines pink stainless steel sculptures with a painted mural on the Dubai Opera Gardens perimeter wall. eL Seed inscribed in Arabic calligraphy a quote from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid: "Art in all its colors and types reflects the culture of the nations, their history and civilization." The 30-metre, 3.5-tonne sculpture appears to float in space through its intertwined letters that snake along the curved wall, with the Burj Khalifa as a backdrop.
The artwork Déclaration, œuvre calligraphique is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Dubai in United Arab Emirates, more precisely here: Dubai Opera Gardens, Downtown Dubai.
This graffiti is also tagged as: calligraphie, pink, sculpture, arabic-script, skyline.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: eL Seed
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