'This is not a sculpture park.' James Turrell and other art stars will create permanent artworks for AlUla, Saudi Arabia's desert 'Valley of the Arts':
Land Art, associated with the 1960s, is witnessing a major resurgence in the Arabian Peninsula. A “Valley of the Arts”—Wadi AlFann in Arabic—is being created as part of a $15 billion AlUla masterplan to create a major cultural hub in Saudi Arabia.
According to Nora AlDabal, executive director of arts and creative industries at the royal commision for AlUla, the aim is to commission between 20 and 25 permanent artworks over a period of 10 years. The new project will provide a counterpoint toFormer head of Whitechapel Iwona Blazwick is leading the project as chair of the royal commission for AlUla’s public art expert panel. She stepped down from her longtime post in London earlier this year.
Wadi AlFann marks the first time Land Art pioneers are being paired with a younger generation of Saudi Arabian artists. The outdoor gallery will span approximately 65 kilometers of AlUla’s desert landscape. “Historically, the Dadanites and the Nabateans left their stories in engravings on the walls,” AlDowayan said in an interview. Her work often address the politics of invisibility in relation to women. “What are the stories of the new custodians, their descendants, the people of AlUla? What does AlUla’s transformation mean to the locals who are now our hosts?” she added.
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