A woman draped in black holds a length of hand-worked, geometrically patterned fabric close to her body, her face turned downward and half-hidden, the weave itself catching more light than she does. As the opening piece in the Echoes of Heritage series, Women of the Land I set the terms the rest of the collection would follow realism rendered against a raw, unfinished ground, craft placed ahead of the person practicing it. It stands as a considered example of uae heritage painting built around labour rather than portraiture.
Painted in oil on canvas, the work sets tightly rendered fabric and hands against a deliberately raw, wood-toned background.
The canvas measures 18 x 24 inches, establishing the scale carried through the rest of the series.
An original work and the first piece in the Echoes of Heritage series, it sits among the fine art gallery pieces that anchor MB Gallery's Emirati heritage collection.
Women of the Land I holds its attention on the object of a craft rather than the individual behind it, setting the tone for the series that followed. It remains available among the local artists paintings that make up MB Gallery's Echoes of Heritage collection.
A woman draped in black holds a length of hand-worked, geometrically patterned fabric close to her body, her face turned downward and half-hidden, the weave itself catching more light than she does. As the opening piece in the Echoes of Heritage series, Women of the Land I set the terms the rest of the collection would follow realism rendered against a raw, unfinished ground, craft placed ahead of the person practicing it. It stands as a considered example of uae heritage painting built around labour rather than portraiture.
Painted in oil on canvas, the work sets tightly rendered fabric and hands against a deliberately raw, wood-toned background.
The canvas measures 18 x 24 inches, establishing the scale carried through the rest of the series.
An original work and the first piece in the Echoes of Heritage series, it sits among the fine art gallery pieces that anchor MB Gallery's Emirati heritage collection.
Women of the Land I holds its attention on the object of a craft rather than the individual behind it, setting the tone for the series that followed. It remains available among the local artists paintings that make up MB Gallery's Echoes of Heritage collection.
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