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Peek into the cultural landscape of the UAE
Explore the world of nurture and feeding
On Foraging: Food Knowledge and Environmental Imagination in the UAE Landscape explores the nuances of what it means to constantly seek out individual and collective nurturing and feeding in a seemingly arid environment. There are profound cultural and agricultural knowledge reserves, which have been passed down from generation to generation, and have been continuously excavated and supplemented to this day. The exhibition reveals works that mine the landscape through a fusion of individual and collective narratives.
Until December 25th, Gallery 2, Warehouse421, Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi
A box of joy and prosperity
Under Iwan Makati’s curated collection Terminal G, Saudi artist Sultan Bin Fahad will present a limited-edition rug collection that honors familiar phrases traditionally used in weddings and other happy occasions. The collection uses visuals inspired by traditional tin boxes (historically given to wedding guests) with a wish for prosperity engraved on them. The collection represents what the artist describes as “something far away, something close, something truly worth cherishing and cherishing”. The limited edition pieces in Terminal G are called: Delight I, Delight II and Delight III. Working with design curator and creative director Samer Yamani, Iwan Maktabi has constructed a design series narrative that represents the culture of the Bay Area through a contemporary lens. Terminal G is the first curated rug collection commissioned by a local brand developed by creatives from five countries: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.
8-13 November, Dubai Design Week, D3 Tower 9, Dubai
love is all around us
Colorful, poetic, symbolic, and most importantly, love – Letters of Love II is a collection of 50 original artworks, all centered around the key theme of love. Eleven years after his successful New York exhibition “Love Letters”, artist Wissam Shawkat presents a second edition. An authority on Arabic calligraphy, Shaukat was largely self-taught, acquiring his mastery through book research, visits to various masters in the region, and the collections of museums and libraries. His “calligraphic form” technique abandons traditional techniques and instead focuses on literal form, depicting modern symbolism and highlighting the beauty and multi-angle of the work. The results are spectacular and vary from piece to piece. The exhibition, which opens on November 11, has a personal meaning for the artist, who left his home in Basra, Iraq (where his artistic journey began) on November 11. Aspired to be different from clichéd calligraphy and push traditional boundaries, the collection includes abstract and cubist pieces.
November 11-30, Mestaria Gallery, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
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