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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU..!!!!
PRESIDENT OF THE SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION:
SHEIKHA HOOR AL-QASIMI FOR INVITING CURATOR SHANNON HOLDEN AND HER CURATED ARTIST TO EXHIBIT AND BE PART OF THE SHARJAH ART FOUNDATIONS HISTORY...
THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND BRILLIANT VISION AND THE DEDICATED
HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DISPLAY AT THE SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION. YOUR EVERY TOUCH MAKES A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE.
YOUR CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EFFORTS WILL DEFINITELY BE FELT AROUND THE WORLD FOR EVER, IN A VERY HEART WARMING, INSPIRING AND UP-LIFTING WAY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO THE AMAZING STAFF AR THE SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATE FOR PLAYING SUCH A MAJOR PART IN THE PRODUCTION OF A LIVING-DREAM IN THE FORM OF A GROUP EXHIBIT... AND THANK YOU "BIG-TIME" FOR BEING SO VERY PLEASANT TO WORK WITH (I never had an experience like this ever in my life... Thank you..!!!).
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH SHANNON HOLDEN FOR ASKING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE... AND (AS I SEE IT) A VERY IMPORTANT EXHIBIT...
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTED EYE, YOUR PASSION, (your driving me to Dance to your Music Wink, Wink..!!!) YOUR PRIDE AND GRACE THAT IS BRINGING THE HARMONY OF AFRICAN CULTURE TO THE GRAND ARENA OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL.... I WILL WRITE YOU ALL SOON.
"STANDING FIRM, KEEPING MY DREAM ALIVE AND I'M PRESSING ON TO PARADISE"
(I will also add the full text to this post as soon as I find another few minutes to write...)
THE HOSPITALITY ON THIS FLIGHT WAS FIRST CLASS IN COACH... HER THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IS PASSING OUT WARM WET WASH CLOTHES FOR US TO REFRESH OURSELVES.
HERE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IS PASSING OUT TOYS TO THE CHILDREN... I WANTED ONE..!!!
THIS IS THE STAIRWAY TO THE FIRST CLASS SECTION ON THE EMIRATES AIRLINE... I HEARD THEY HAVE A SPA UP THERE.
THIS IS THE COACH SECTION OF THE EMIRATES AIRLINE... IT SEEMED LIKE FIRST CLASS TO ME.
MY ARRIVAL IN THE DUBAI AIRPORT AND WALKING ON THE MARBLE FLOOR.
THE LOVELY DUBAI AIRPORT
UN PACKING MY ART WORK... READY TO INSTALL THE WORK.
THE PAINTED WALLS IN THE SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION. READY FOR ME TO INSTALL MY ART WORK. THE INSTALLATION CREW FOR THIS INSTALLATION WERE MASTERFUL AND THE BEST TO WORK WITH
THE VIEW OF THE GALLERY OF HASSAN HAIJAJ BEAUTIFUL RECYCLED TEA SALON INSTALLATION, ZAK OVE'S BRILLIANT SCULPTURE "THE TIME MACHINE".... AND THE PURPLE PLATFORMS WAITING FOR MY INSTALLATION.
A TIN CONTAINER OF MY BRAND OF TEA
THE INSTALLATION IS ALMOST FINISHED... CONGRATS TO THE CURATOR SHANNON HOLDEN.... STUNNING EXECUTION...!!!
ABOUT 4 HOURS BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBIT, I WAS MAKING FLOWERS OUT OF NEWSPAPER BECAUSE CUSTOMS WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE BRANCHES OF COTTON THAT WAS COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES TO BE BROUGHT INTO DUBAI.
OPENING NIGHT: A TRUE MIND BLOWING EXPERIENCE...!!!
I CAN'T REMEMBER A THING I SAID...!!
HAVING TEA & ENJOYING EACH OTHERS COMPANY IN THE FUNKY RECYCLED TEA SALON INSTALLATION.
LISTENING TO ONE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH ART STUDENTS IN THE FUNKY TEA SALON.
SISTAH PARADISE'S PARADISE CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK.
SISTAH PARADISE AND THE RECYCLED NEWSPAPER ROSES.
SISTAH PARADISE & THE YOUNG WOMAN
THE DOOR TO THE COURT YARD OF THE RESIDENCE FOR THE ARTIST...
A SETTING AREA IN THE ARTIST RESIDENCE COURT YARD.
THE COURT YARD
MY RESIDENCE AT THE SHARJAH ART FOUNDATION...!!!
THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH: COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN WERE I GAVE ONE OF MY ARTIST TALK.
STUDENTS LEAVING THE BUILDING.
UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH: COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN THE ENTRANCE AND THE STUDENTS WORK.
PAINTING IN THE SHARJAH ART MUSEUM THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ARTIST RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS VERY ENCHANTING SEEING THESE PAINTINGS OF RUINS AND THE PEOPLE CONDUCTING THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.
THIS IS ONE OF DUBAI'S SHOPPING MALLS... IT IS SAID TO BE THE LARGEST SHOPPING MALL IN THE WORLD...
MORE IMAGES OF THE SHOPPING MALL IN DUBAI...
THIS IS THE AQUARIAN IN THE DUBAI SHOPPING MALL... IT IS SAID TO BE THE BIGGEST AQUARIAN IN THE WORLD... DO YOU SEE THE SHARK SWIMMING WITH ALL THOSE OTHER FISH..????
THE MOST ENTICING CHOCOLATE STORE I EVER DID SEE IN MY LIFE IN THE MALL
THE VERCASE STORE IN THE DUBAI MALL... VERY FITTING I MUST SAY...
