Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has announced the completion of the implementation of a contemporary mural, produced by local creative artists in the historic Al Fahidi neighborhood, to celebrate the historic moment of launching the “Probe of Hope” mission to Mars, which is a milestone in the history of the United Arab Emirates and the Arabs. This distinctive masterpiece is the result of a joint work of a group of the brightest talents of the creative community in the United Arab Emirates, including: Reem Al Mazrouei, Amna Bashir and Subit BP. Order of Saliba and Jeremiah Alexander.
In this initiative, Dubai Culture stems from its deep belief in the importance of creativity as a human value, and its harmony with the vision of the authority to enhance the cultural and creative scene of the city of Dubai, by transforming the walls of its heritage and historical sites into artistic murals that integrate authenticity with modernity, in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, by transforming Dubai into an open museum, highlighting the creative and humanitarian aspect of the emirate's development experience.
The artists worked together to celebrate the first historical scientific mission of its kind in the Arab world to explore the space world, which was successfully launched from the Japanese port of Tanegashima, last week, which is a source of pride for the people of the United Arab Emirates, and the Arab and Islamic worlds.
And out of the peculiarity of the historic Al Fahidi neighborhood, which embraces the beautiful past heritage and the rooted history of the Emirate of Dubai, the mural has been implemented in this neighborhood to represent a civilized bridge between the authenticity of the past, the present achievements and the aspiration of a promising future for humanity.
Shaima Rashid Al Suwaidi, Acting Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications and Acting Executive Director of the Arts and Literature Sector at Dubai Culture: “The launch of (The Probe of Hope) is an event that we are all proud of and an inspiration to every Arab. The achievement of this contemporary mural is a memorial to this success, and a celebration of years of perseverance and hard work that led to this remarkable achievement. This mural will be a witness to the positive impact that this achievement will leave, not only in the fields of space and astronomical sciences, but also on the generation that has lived through it as a whole, and on future generations that will benefit from it.
She oversaw the formation of this contemporary mural, artist Amna Bashir, who studied fashion design and animation, and has a footprint in the care, design and implementation of artworks in the United Arab Emirates. And contributed to the implementation of the artist Sobit BP, a specialist in tricolor, which is characterized by its ability to form infinite spectra of colors in a simple palette. The artist in the field of fine arts created a wide range of huge murals, which embodied distinctive realistic paintings. The team also included: Reem Al Mazrouei and Jeremiah Iskander, who designed the inspiring mural that was executed. To embody science and technology, equal-sized theories of art were incorporated into the mural supervised by Sam Saliba, the founder of the "Technical Drawing Laboratory" responsible for implementing the mural, while artist Reem Al Mazroui embodied the relationship of the "Probe of Hope" with the Emirati society in the form of an Emirati girl, floating to space, Celebrates the historical mission of the probe.