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6 amazing art exhibitions in Dubai to check out in February
There’s so much art in this city…
With a new month comes plenty of brand new art events to check out, and culture vultures, there’s plenty to go scope out in the city to keep you busy this February.
Here are 6 awesome art exhibitions in Dubai to check out this February.
Emerge V: Don’t Walk Between Columns
Where: The Foundry at Downtown Dubai
When: Until February 7
These exhibitions are the works of art by seven students from Zayed University and are inspired by a week-long study trip to Venice in 2019. The artists journeyed through the city taking note of the architectural details of palaces and decorative motifs and then combined them with local Emirati culture in addition to a modern touch that aligns with their generation. This exhibition is a must-see if you want to help support the city’s budding artists.
Lawrie Shabibi opens The Lacemaker by Farhad Ahrarnia
Farhad Ahrarnia, La Femme Du Bazar, no. 5, 2015. Hand embroidery and sequins on heat-transferred montage onto cotton, 78.5 x 64.2 cm. Courtesy the artist and Lawrie Shabibi,
DUBAI
.-Lawrie Shabibi is presenting The Lacemaker by Farhad Ahrarnia, the gallery s opening exhibition of 2021, and the artists third solo at Lawrie Shabibi. Comprising images drawn from a diverse range of sources and media the internet, printed or painted material, and composed with embroidery, painted metalwork and grooming items the exhibition gives new insight into this Shiraz (Iran) and Sheffield (UK) based artists intriguing eclectic practice.
The Lacemaker is pacemaker for Lawrie Shabibi’s 2021 opening season
18 Jan 2021
Muhammad Yusuf,
Features Writer
Lawrie Shabibi, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, has announced The Lacemaker by Farhad Ahrarnia (Jan. 20 – Mar. 4). It is the gallery’s opening exhibition of 2021, and the artist’s third solo at the gallery. Comprising images drawn from a diverse range of sources and media the internet, printed or painted material, and composed with embroidery, painted metalwork and grooming items the exhibition gives new insight into the Shiraz (Iran) and Sheffield (UK) based artist’s intriguing eclectic practice.
Role-playing and performance, the perception of surface and the notion that appearances are skin deep, are recurrent themes in Ahrarnia’s work, here expressed in four distinct groups of Embroideries. They include: faked portraits of Boko Haram brides, depicting much older, attractive individuals, in order to gain attention and sympathy; various white fil