Commissions

 
Artists commissioned to produce new site-specific works for Art Dubai Projects include Fayçal Baghriche, Yto Barrada, James Clar, Setu Legi, Magdi Mostafa, UBIK and Deniz Üster.
 
Fayçal Baghriche, Magdi Mostafa, and Deniz Üster are creating new works for Art Dubai Projects as part of their A.i.R Dubai residencies.
 
Fayçal Baghriche is working with plasterboard to create a monolithic structure, an anti-monument for a fair that will greet visitors as they approach Madinat Jumeirah.
 
Magdi Mostafa develops contextual site-specific, process-based projects that are based on his interactions with the city. During his residency, Mostafa walked Dubai, gathering data and historical research, and recording sounds, allowing his experiences to be shaped by the city’s fluid parameters and geopolitical and economic specificities. In particular, Mostafa seeks out outmoded, discarded, or analogue forms that invisibly persist in this cityscape, arguably one of the most contemporary, technologically advanced cities in the world. His installation at Art Dubai is drawn directly from this process.
 
Deniz Üster is constructing three “wind catchers” dedicated to Istanbul, Glasgow and Dubai, the cities that have welcomed her and shaped her identity and practice; the kinetic component of each tower fortifies the idea of influx and transition.
 
Created by renowned Tangier-based artist Yto Barrada with designers Zid Zid Kids, Morocco to the Moon is an interactive, educational installation for families and children, produced in collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Inspired by 1950s sci-fi -- and featuring astronauts, aliens and space robots -- this trilingual space takes visitors on a whimsical trip to outer-space and beyond. Also serving as a unique exploration area for children and astronauts of all ages, the space offers bespoke furniture, fun and innovative play-objects, interactive features, film projections, and stimulating workshops for children run by world-class visiting artists.
 
Daily children’s workshops (for 4-10 year-olds) are now full.
 
Children's Workshop Timings: 
Thursday March 22, 17.00 – 18.00
Friday March 23, 14.00 – 15.00 | 16.00 – 17.00
Saturday March 24, 14.00 – 15.00  |  16.00 – 17.00
 
Jogjakarta-based artist Setu Legi’s major, site-specific installation, Pseudophobia, is an interactive fortress (or refuge)-like structure made from sandbags, textiles, pins and mirrors.
 
James Clar and UBIK’s Oil and Water uses architectural models of Dubai landmarks as a point of creative departure. Dubai-based UBIK will also present Portrait of an Artist through his Statements, an edible project that documents the precarious and symbolic relationship artists share with their bank balance on a daily basis.