Overview
Dubai is a city of superlatives that includes the largest, the highest, and the most expensive.
It is a land that seems to have been built overnight. Dubai: What’s left of her land? is intended as a showcase or visual document of what has happened to the land, how it has been used and how much is still asked of it.
Artist Reem Al Ghaith created a major installation using a wide-range of media that borrowed from and referenced the ubiquitous construction activity in Dubai.
October 2010
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 9
Artwork Images
Dubai: What's Left of Her Land?
Reem Al Ghaith
2008
Wall Installation
Detail view
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