Death and... Sculpting spaces for grief with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah

Centre for Stories

Trigger warning: This story discusses suicide. Award-winning artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah discusses how he uses art and sculpture to create open spaces that encourage conversations around death and grief. He reflects on the loss of his grandfather to suicide, capturing his feelings on death through his sculpture, Pretty Beach, how he believes the Western world has ‘sterilised’ death, and the ways his Muslim cultural heritage has influenced his beliefs on death. Death and Dying is an oral history collection funded by the State Library of Western Australia and produced by Centre for Stories.