Azeri painters to attend 3rd Emaar International Art Symposium

A much-awaited fine arts event in the calendar of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), the annual shopping and entertainment extravaganza, the Emaar International Art Symposium will be highlighted by a painting and sculpting competition in which all invited artists take part. The winners will be feted at the award ceremony and gala dinner on January 28.

The participating artists – 41 sculptors and 27 painters - have been selected for the Art Symposium based on their creative flourish, contribution to art and international appeal. The artists will also judge each other's works with the jury to have the final say on the winners. Prizes will be awarded to the first three winners in each category.

"The Emaar International Art Symposium completes the spectrum of art and entertainment events offered as part of the Dubai Shopping Festival," said Mr Ahmad Al Matrooshi, UAE Managing Director, Emaar Properties. "The event, now in its third edition, underscores our commitment to strengthen the fine art culture of Dubai, and takes art – as a process and product - from the confines of galleries and exhibition halls to the people's midst."

He added: "Emaar is a key sponsor of DSF and the International Art Symposium will add to the appeal of the shopping and entertainment event to art-lovers from around the world and inspire them to visit Dubai and watch international artists at work."

Mr Saeed Al Naboudah, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Shopping Festival, said: "Emaar's International Art Symposium truly embodies the 'One World, One Family, One Festival' theme of DSF by hosting artists from around the world. The event is also one of the activities highlighting the artistic heritage of the region through sculptures and paintings."

Abdul Redha Ali Bin Redha, CEO, Global Village said: "We are extremely happy to take part in such a prestigious event. The Global Village will always support the initiatives that aim at elevating the cultural and artistic standards of the community. We look forward to further enhancing our co-operation with the private sector and the DSF through similar events that are coherent with the universal concept of the Global Village."

This year's artist line-up include Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the UK, the UAE and the USA. Eight of the artists participated last year too. Emirates Airlines is the official carrier and title sponsor of Emaar International Art Symposium.

The participating painters are from Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, France, Georgia, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, The Netherlands, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, the UAE and the USA.

The sculpting competition will be held at Global Village from January 7 to 27 and the painting competition at Emaar's Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club from January 14 to 27. Public can watch the artists as they work on their sculptures and paintings. The sculptures will eventually be displayed at Emaar's master-planned developments in Dubai.

Last year's winners were: Nazar Yahya – Iraq; Ebrahim Bussad – Bahrain; Carlos Barao – Portugal; Hassan Bourkia – Morocco; Bachar Al Issa – France and Mohammed Eunus – Bangladesh (Painting); and Caroline Ramersdorfer – Austria; Ali Jabbar – Denmark; Aktham AbdulHamid – Syria; Kemal Tufan – Turkey; Antonios Myrodias – Greece and Joe Kley, Germany (Sculptures).

As part of its support of DSF, Emaar is also working on other events that will reflect on the key message of the event - 'One World, One Family, One Festival.'

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