July 1 - 22, 2020
"Into the Light: Stories of People of the Park"
by internationally-acclaimed glass artist
Hasna Sal
At St. Michael the Archangel in the Lower Narthex Art Gallery 
Enter through main doors of the Church in the courtyard between the Church and the School. From the main vestibule (narthex), take the stairs or the elevator to the lower level.

Thirteen wall sculptures in glass by internationally-acclaimed glass artist Hasna Sal
inspired by the stories of women and youth enslaved, bought and sold in the world-wide web of human trafficking, and expressing universal stories of
isolation, brokenness, desolation, hope and redemption.

 Silent Art Auction 
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Contact:  Dr. Kevin Vogt, (913) 402-3946   [email protected]

Description of Featured Works

ODYSSEY

The story of living
is elements
earth, water, fire, wind and divine spirit residing in each of us.
This journey of exploration
This realization is
essence of transcendence.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,000 (1/2 off gallery price)

TRANSCENDENCE

Energy becomes form
Form becomes shape
Shape becomes struggle
Struggle becomes reflection
Reflection becomes release
Release becomes renaissance
Renaissance becomes transcendence

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,500 (1/2 off gallery price)
 

WILD AND FREE

My longevous conundrum with the quotidian rule is that I’m wildly fed by the impetus, bereft of a contextual or narrative connotation. This thus puts me in much peril with decorum and dogma. 

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,000 (1/2 off gallery price)
 

MYSTIQUE

Endless silences.
Symphony of knowing
and not knowing,
and mediations between the two.
The deluge of composure,
wrapped in a mirage of realities.
We are not who we are.
We are . . . mystique.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $3,000 (1/2 off gallery price)
 

WINTER MELODY

Music transcends liminalities.
The lilting melody of snow flakes
is nature's poetry
Wrapped in a child's song.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,500 (1/2 off gallery price
 

DESOLATION

Seemingly endless
Wantingly cold
My nemesis says
It's time to let go

The vile fickleness of delusion
The raconteur of dreams
Whispers in my soul
It's not to be

Where do I now
When am I to see
What is my identity
Who am I to be . . .

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 1' x 1'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,000 (1/2 off gallery price)

CONTEMPLATION

Empty lies
Cloaked within
Sheathe the air
With misty fins.

I walk alone
oblivious to
The resounding tone
of silences within.

I reach out
To embrace life
Only to find
Calm bereftness
An incompleteness
Staring me
In the eye.

Frozen face
Empty eyes
Same ridden
Cold within.

I walk on . . .

Hasna Sal
 

Glass on stainless steel panels, 1' x 1'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,000 (1/2 off gallery price
 

LIBERATION

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 1' x 1'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,000 (1/2 off gallery price)
 

REVERIE

The night is a curtain
Shielding my soliloquy
A shroud so blinding
It devours every breath, every taste, every smell.
A bevy of voices
In the next room
A soft snore of bliss
Invades my cell
I am not who they are
They cannot be me
I am unseen, unheard , unfelt
deep, dark, demonic
As the night.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $3,000 (1/2 off gallery price)
 

ABYSS

Mystic void.
The dilemma of why and how.
The tethering of known and unknown
At the crossroads of thy self.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,500 (1/2 off gallery price)

CANTERING HORSE

Speed and form.
The undulating contours
of finely roped corded tones,
A symphony in motion.
synchronized movements
galloping across fields
magic of divinity,
nature’s perfect song.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,200 (1/2 off gallery price)

CANTERING HORSES I

Melange of hooves
Thundering the ground
Sinewy limbs
Sweeping glistening mane
Glowing as the sun would wane
Power of the pack
Reverberating the fields
Camaraderie of kinship
Syntax of form
Synergy of grace
When all become one
Egalitarian rule.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,500 (1/2 off gallery price)
 

FUTURE

Future
Moment of change;
of letting go;
of acceptance
and nostalgia
 
When the young leave
to find their journey
and leave behind
emptiness and longing.

Hasna Sal

Glass on stainless steel panels, 2' x 2'
Starting bid:  $1,500
Buy now for $2,500 (1/2 off gallery price)