Inspired by his family and events in his early childhood, Ibrahim Jalal grew up surrounded by his father’s weaving loom, his older brother’s portraits of women and the vibrant colors and atmosphere of the textile market. Jalal’s paintings are based in abstraction, a bright palette and central compositions with square-like shapes. In “The Messiah is Crucified Anew”, he includes the religious symbol of the crucifixion, small vignettes, figures and objects, that when they are combined together, they take on a narrative quality.