ART DUBAI DISCOVERY TOURS
AGES 13-17
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WELCOME TO ART DUBAI! Start your exploration through the fair with this Discovery Tour. The gallery halls are filled with artworks by artists from around the world. Enjoy looking, talking, drawing, writing and discovering together.
Rasheed Araeen Black Cubes Acrylic on Wood 2019 Courtesy of Grosvenor Gallery
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Rasheed’s geometrical cube uses the connection, intersection and overlapping of lines to render a 3-dimensional shape. Try sketching it below and see how many lines you can overlap!
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Chourouk Hirech Sans titre #11 2018 Indian ink on paper Unique Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anne-Sarah BĂŠnichou
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Using the painting as a reference, redraw the Van Gogh’s painting using the same line-art technique as Chourouk Hirech.
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Identify a figure or object around you and sketch it. Experiment with shading and layering colors.
Bashir Sinwar Untitled (Oud Player) 1976 70 x 100 cm Courtesy of Gallery One
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Choose one cool and one warm color and draw one of the oranges that you see in Fernando Botero’s still-life painting. Have you seen Cézanne’s still life? Cézanne used different perspectives to draw still life objects, paving the way to Cubism still-life art.
Fernando Botero Oranges 2004 Courtesy of Custot Gallery Dubai and the Artist
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KEYWORDS Chiaroscuro: This is an Italian artistic technique used by artists to create visual effects and make objects appear 3-dimensional by changing the tone of their colors. In the late 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci used this technique to portray depth through slow gradations of light and shadow. Color Theory: It is the study of creating visual and emotional effects by means of mixing different colors and using specific color combinations. Impressionism: One of the most important art movements in France during the 19th century, where artists attempted portraying visual reality just as they saw it. Many of them painted outdoors in order to depict the moment and catch the effect of sunlight in nature. Prominent artists of the Impressionist movement were Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Manet. Action Painters: Emerging in the 20th century, these are artists who use physical movements to create artworks. Rather than slow brushstrokes, their processes included paint splatter, dripping, and gestural brushwork. Jackson Pollock’s work leads this modern technique.
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FUN FACTS • Eggs were used by Medieval and early Modern artists to create paint! This kind of technique is called Tempera. • Squid ink was extracted and used as black ink to write and draw with, as well the carbonizing and binding of cow-bones! • Red Ochre pigment is one of the oldest colors used, and it can be traced back to cave paintings. The pigment itself came from an insect found on cacti plants in Mexico! • Lapis Lazuli, or Blue, came from gemstones only then found on a mountain in Afghanistan. It was as expensive as gold! Ultramarine-blue is the modern synthetic version of Lapis Lazuli. • Lead White pigment was extremely popular and a vibrant color used by famed painters. It is not in use today due to lead being a toxic substance, which often resulted in the illness and deaths of several historical figures. Lead white powder was even used in women’s makeup during the 17th century. Queen Elizabeth I used it heavily on her face that it scarred her skin! • Canvases were made out of stretched animal skins, linen, and cotton. • Before the 18th century, the color purple was considered very precious that it was reserved only for the imperial family. It was extracted from a special kind of rare sea snail.
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• During the Stone Age, red pigments made from iron oxides and black pigments made from charcoal were used to make Cave Art. • Did you know you can create pink dye by simply boiling clean avocado skins and their pits? • Native South Americans exceled at Weaving, Pottery, and Metalwork including vibrant vessels crafted with Gold. • The Aztecs (indigenous people who lived in Mexico) are known for their uniquely esteemed featherwork. They created not just headdresses and mosaics, but also used it in capes, shields, earrings and sandals. The vibrant feathers of the native Parrot, Macaw, and Hummingbird offered the feather-workers a wide range of colors and patterns!
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