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We can also see a preoccupation with circular shapes in his “Shadows traveling on the seat of the day,“ located at the Northern Heritage site in Qatar (below).
In his works, the circle and its three-dimensional form - the sphere - are meant to reflect a sense of unity, oneness, and awareness of one’s surroundings.




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