Erbil – Dubai: Chasing Utopia
Solo exhibition of works by Walid Siti
2 November – 5 December 2011 |
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In his upcoming exhibition at the XVA Gallery, Walid Siti, a Kurdish Iraqi, British based artist, who came of age in the 1970s during the period of the creation of political socialism, draws upon the parallels between the transformation of the ancient city of Erbil and that of the ever changing Dubai city landscape. His exhibition entitled ‘Erbil – Dubai: Chasing Utopia’ encapsulates the struggle of city trying to keep hold of its identity in an ever changing and aspirational world and includes engaging installations, paintings, sculptures and drawings from Walid’s new body of work.
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