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‘Alula has always been at the crossroads of trade and culture,’ says co-curator Neville Wakefield. Serge Attukwei Clottey, Desert X AlUla 2022. Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey’s installation addresses globalisation, migration and water equity by shrouding slabs of rock in tapestries made from yellow kufuor gallons – plastic containers used in Ghana for storing and transporting water. Palestinian-Saudi artist Dana Awartani’s sculpture draws inspiration from the vernacular architecture of AlUla, taking the form of a concave geometric sculpture that nods to the Nabataean tombs and the shapes of the surrounding mountains, gorges, caverns and rock formations. Participating artists have created new, site-specific installations that address dreams, camouflage, fiction, dis/appearance, illusion and myth, while also examining the dichotomy between the natural and man-made worlds.įor instance, installation artist Shadia Alem’s sculpture adapts the art of origami, applying the basic principles of geometry to create shapes that reference the Arabian desert’s literature, mathematics and mythology. Home to the Unesco World Heritage site, Hegra, built by the Nabataeans more than 2,000 years ago, the AlUla region has been at the crossroads of cultural exchange for millennia.Ĭurators Reem Fadda, Raneem Farsi and Neville Wakefield invited 15 Saudi and international artists to respond and engage with the desert’s culture, history and natural beauty by exploring ideas of mirage and oasis. Photography by Lance Gerberĭesert X AlUla, a site-responsive, international art exhibition, is currently underway in AlUla, an ancient desert in Saudi Arabia.
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The second edition of the international art exhibition features 15 artists exploring ideas of mirage and oasis under the theme sarab Claudia Comte, Desert X AlUla 2022.