Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba inspires artist Cristóbal Martín
His pieces are reminiscent of the frescoes in the “Hall of Paintings”
February 02, 2015
CóRDOBA
Sculptor Cristóbal Martín-Abdul Wahid recently created a series of pieces inspired by the geometric motifs in the mural paintings which are preserved at Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba. This series of fifteenth-century frescoes decorate one of the rooms on the first floor and are one of the few existing examples of this type of painting from that era. The building which houses the Cordoba headquarters, known as the “Casa Mudéjar,” is the result of joining together five houses and four courtyards built in the fourteenth and fifteen centuries. They preserve the typically Mudéjar style structure intact. In the past they were the homes of important Cordoba families like the Venegas and Córdoba clans.
Cristóbal Martín-Abdul Wahid is a Spanish artist who has received significant international recognition and recently exhibited his latest works at the Ansorena Gallery in Madrid. The exhibition, whose title is “Butterflies of the Soul,” was dedicated to the figure of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and his research on neurons. Cristóbal Martín-Abdul Wahid belongs to the Sufi brotherhood Naqsabandi, and his relationship with Islam is also an important source of inspiration.
Hall of Paintings, Casa Árabe headquarters in Cordoba
