Maisoon Al Saleh
An Emirati artist by the name of Maisoon Al Saleh, born on the 3rd of April year 1988 whom graduated with an Interior Design degree from Zayed University and had been involved in fashion, graphic design, and fine art's where she got inspired from an x-ray of herself while having a normal check up at the hospital.
People can frequently identify buried fragments of a human skeleton, which appeal to them as the remains of what was once living. The bones carry with them identifying factors that tell us more information about the person behind the remains. The bones indicate not only age and gender, but also show a massive amount of information sometimes not identifiable to the naked eye. Through this piece she place a human skeleton in the Emirati dress to signify their roots, literally digging deep in the human's dead body to illustrate their story. A story told by the dead themselves.
The created piece of an Emirati skeleton walking along the desert dunes listening to the sound of Arabia by tuning it up on the right frequency while dancing the "Yolah". The artist used a color scheme of black, white, and red to represent death, truth, action, and strength while she based it upon the modern Emirati life captured through an artists surreal piece of mind!
Some of her significant exhibitions:
2010 Al Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
2010 Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2009 Art Cars Exhibition, Manaret Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2008-2009 Emarati Expression, Gallery One, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Awards:
2008 Tamaiaz competition, Dubai, UAE
2001 Stabilo competition, Dubai, UAE
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