Building on light
Showcase Gallery and Mestaria are presenting a new collection of work by Dubai-based artist Mike Arnold. ‘Chasing The Light’ (Mar. 14 – April 21) will feature large-scale canvases, smaller studies and a series of limited edition prints that will be displayed at the gallery to coincide with the 2018 edition of Art Dubai...
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Chasing the Light features large-scale canvasses, smaller studies and limited-edition prints by Mike Arnold that capture the inner spirit of landmark buildings in Abu Dhabi and Dubai – including Louvre Abu Dhabi, Emirates Towers, Burj Khalifa and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - focusing only on reflective light. Pictured: Sunset, The Louvre...
Mike Arnold: Chasing the Light
Showcase Gallery and Mestaria present a new collection of work by Dubai-based artist Mike Arnold. “Chasing The Light” features large-scale canvases, smaller studies and a series of limited edition prints. In this show Arnold returns to his architectural roots, selecting landmark buildings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and capturing their inner spirit...
LAST CHANCE Mike Arnold: Chasing The Light
Large-scale canvases, smaller studies and a series of limited edition prints by Dubai-based artist Mike Arnold, who returns to his architectural roots (he spent 40 years of his professional life hand-sketching precise designs for architectural renderings) by focussing on landmark buildings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and “capturing their inner spirit”...
CELEBRATING DUBAI'S DISTINCTIVE SKYLINE
The latest show by the artists of Mawaheb from Beautiful People is inspired by Dubai’s iconic buildings and beautiful blend of traditional and modern architecture. Titled “Dubai Skyline”, the exhibition features paintings, collages, mosaics, moulded clay pieces, hand-painted table lamps, ceramic bowls and clay pots, depicting different elements of the city’s distinctive skyline...
Michael Arnold’s first solo show depicts UAE buildings through a blend of architecture and art
For the exhibition From the Art of Architecture to the Architecture of Art at Showcase Gallery, Michael Arnold has taken recognisable buildings from Dubai and Abu Dhabi and used monoprinting to create abstracted renderings, which take on their own life and form because of his unusual printing technique...
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Mike Arnold’s journey through the imaginative field of design began with a focus on architecture and the constructed environments of buildings he created. He now enters a new phase of artistic expression through the visual exploration of architectural forms with brush and paint...
Equestrian portraits by Dubai artist Michael Arnold
Equestrian portraits are not necessarily the obvious choice for architect turned Dubai artist Michael Arnold, having found local renown mostly for his distinctive depictions of some of the UAE’s most famous buildings. Yet his new, much-anticipated series on horses...
the view from dubai
OUTSIDE our door, high up in the Burj Khalifa, we board one of the tower’s 57 elevators and are catapulted even higher, to the 123rd floor, as if we were weightless objects being effortlessly lifted through the air. Our ears adjust several times as we speed along at almost 60 feet a second...