The New Orientalists under the banner of Al Fahidi Festival

The Al Fahidi Festival is a collaborative to showcase the gem that is The Al Fahidi Historic Neighbourhood by the Creek in Bur Dubai Free to all who are interested in Heritage, Art and Culture.

The Majlis Galleriey, the first Fine Art Gallery in the UAE is a haven for artists and art lovers. The gallery founder Alison Collins came to Dubai in 1976 to work as an interior designer, and fell in love with the country and especially with the architecture and ambiance of the old wind tower houses in the Bastakiya. In 1978 she secured the lease on villa number 19, Bastakiya, Bur Dubai. It became her family home and over the next ten years she hosted many informal soirees introducing artists both professional and amateur to a somewhat culturally bereft community. In 1989 the family moved out and the house became a permanent gallery The gallery's vision was and still is to bring to the UAE artists of international repute.

The Majlis Galleries contribution to The Al Fahidi Festival is a joint exhibition entitled The New Orientalist's. 20 contemporary international and national artists whose work focuses on The Middle East.

"Orientalism" is widely used in art to refer to the works of the many, mostly European,19th-century artists, who specialized in "Oriental" subjects. They travelled mainly as addendums to larger groups of archeologists, scientists, traders and explorers. hired initially in these pre photography days to record the sights and general exotica of the Levant eventually travelling onward into the Middle and Far East.

The works of many of the artists in this exhibition are of great historical importance. Paintings from before the camel track moved down the Al Ain road before the Souk and the Bastaklia were restored, when Jumeira Beach was wild and goats roamed the streets of Bur Dubai. There are also paintings of contemporary Middle Eastern landscape and culture. These artists are just one more step in the long tradition of Orientalism and in time will be equally collectable.

Venue Details: The Majlis Gallery, Villa 52 Al Fahidi Historic Neighbourhood, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

End Date: March 31, 2016.

Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Galleries / Art.

Website: http://atnd.it/43051-0

Price: Free.

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