Artist: Serge Attukwei Clottey Title: Gold Falls Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Serge Attukwei Clottey’s installation addresses the experience of globalization, migration and water equity by shrouding slabs of rock in meticulously crafted tapestries […]
Artist: Alicja Kwade Title: In Blur Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Alicja Kwade’s architectural structures reflect and frame the natural artefacts she encountered on the desert floor, which she rearranged and supplemented to create […]
Artist: Claudia Comte Title: Dark Suns, Bright Waves Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Claudia Comte’s work features a progression of walls imposing their architectural presence within the natural order of the AlUla canyons, with […]
Artist: Abdullah AlOthman Title: Geography of Hope Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Abdullah AlOthman’s piece references theories of light refraction rooting back to the early days of desert civilization and culture, with stainless steel […]
Artist: Khalil Rabah Title: Grounding Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Khalil Rabah creates a mirage of an orchard of olive trees, which stand here in the desert as living things displaced from their indigenous […]
Artist: Shadia Alem Title: I Have Seen Thousands of Stars and One Feel in AIUIa Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Shadia Alem’s sculptural installation adapts the art of origami, applying the basic principles of […]
Artist: Zeinab Alhashemi Title: Camouflage 2.0 Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Zeinab AlHashemi’s interactive sculpture uses discarded camel skins on an abstract, geometric base, resembling a rock formation in the desert; like a camouflage, […]
Artist: Jim Denevan Title: Angle of Repose Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Land artist Jim Denevan creates ephemeral drawings whose interlocking patterns speak to the shifts in magnitude and scale that so often shape […]
Artist: Sultan bin Fahad Title: Desert Kite Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Sultan bin Fahad’s mud structure is shaped like a desert kite, with mirrors on the façade that create the look of a […]
Artist: Shezad Dawood Title: Coral Alchemy I (Dipsastrea Speciosa) Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Shezad Dawood’s work explores ideas of deep time and the geo-biological relationship between the desert floor and nearby Red Sea […]
Artist: Dana Awartani Title: Where The Dwellers Lay Year: 2022 Installation view: Desert X AlUla 2022 Courtesy: the artist and Desert X AlUla Photo credits: Lance Gerber “Dana Awartani’s sculpture draws inspiration from the vernacular architecture of AlUla, taking the form of a concave geometric sculpture that references […]
Eccoci alla terza edizione di Desert X, la biennale nel deserto che accompagna il Coachella Festival e che ospita ogni anno installazioni site-specific di affermati artisti della scena internazionale. Quest’anno le opere sono 12 e affrontano temi di immigrazione di massa, diritti umani, catastrofe ambientale e altro ancora. […]
“La pratica creativa multidisciplinare dello studio di Lisbona KWY.studio ha progettato “Desert X Al Ula Visitor Centre“, un centro espositivo minimalista situato nell’antica oasi di Al Ula, in Arabia Saudita. I paesaggi unici di Al Ula racchiudono oltre duecentomila anni di storia, con una delle destinazioni più ambite […]
Il deserto, come abbiamo visto più volte in questo blog, rappresenta un luogo di ispirazione per artisti e pensatori. Oltre a possedere un paesaggio particolarmente affascinante e misterioso, raccoglie anche un’altissima concentrazione di quella cura salvifica rappresentata dal silenzio. Forse per questo motivo l’artista Noah Purifoy (1917-2004), negli […]
“Visto che devi realizzare una scultura, perché non farne una che competa con un 747, o con l’Empire State Building o con il Golden Gate Bridge?” Giusto. Io son d’accordo con l’artista statunitense Michael Heizer che, con queste parole, nel 1970, introduceva il suo progetto “City“, la costruzione […]
La prima cosa che vi consiglio, al fine di comprendere la bellezza di ciò che vi sto per descrivere senza nessuna informazione distraente, è di immergervi nel video qui sopra. Fatevi trasportare della corsa danzata riflessa nella calda sabbia del deserto. Poi, solo allora, vi dirò cosa state […]
Se siete degli amanti della musica, avrete già sentito nominare la Coachella Valley, in California, perché ogni anno vi si tiene il celebre Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Ebbene, Coachella non ospita solo eventi musicali ma, a partire dal 2017 e a cadenza biennale, la sua valle […]
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