Thursday, April 3, 2014

Saudi artists cautiously push against redlines

In this Wednesday, March 26, 2014 photo, Saudi artist Manal Al-Dowayan poses with one of her messenger pigeons of "Suspended Together" installation at her exhibition titled "Crash" at the Cuadro Art Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The kingdom's modern art scene has become a platform for Saudi artists to voice their frustration about the country’s most sensitive issues without coming into friction with the country’s rulers, reaching the public in new says and allowing individual points of view in a country where dominant ultraconservative norms have long prevailed. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Ahmed Mater visited Mecca in 2010 something felt off. Dozens of cranes were eating away at the mosque to make way for a larger complex surrounding the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure to which observant Muslims pray toward five times a day that also draws millions of pilgrims annually from around the world.








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