Abstract Art posters by Ali Jabbar encapsulate the essence of a famous John Rampton quote, “Become what you’re destined to become.” Confidence, exhilaration and pride are the key qualities required to reach goals no matter how challenging. How can goals be reached/ slow and steady or by reaching for the sky? Ali Jabbar, abstract art poster, “The First Steps To Travel” represents the defining moment between two visions, two worlds or even two universes. This is further symbolized by the first steps one takes when travelling. These essential steps are composed of moments, the first being the one right before travelling and the second being when one imagines what the trip will be like with mounting expectations.
These moments are filled with high expectations, fear and anxiety, excitement and hope, all of which are associated with arriving at your destination.
When a traveller has positive expectations, they will take in the true freedom and happiness that the journey gives them. A traveler with negative expectations will only be filled with anxiety and reticence. Legs are too weak to support the weight of the whole body resulting in measured first steps filled with trepidation, confusion and mystery.
”Ali Jabbar is a significant painter who works with the penumbra between light and dark, between external reality and the imagination, between figuration and the abstract environment. These variations on a theme are pronounced with vivid color. The magic (if I dare say) that is within his sculpture is also within the paintings.”
Robert C. Morgan
international critic, art historian, artist, curator and essayist lives and works in New York City