Jennifer Pawley

Our Trip to Emirates Palace Art Exhibition

We visited an art exhibition called ‘Colour Dialogue’ in the foyer of Emirates Palace Hotel. The exhibition showed art work from a variety of artists from a gallery in Jordan. We met two of the artists whose work was exhibited.

In fact, Khaldoun, one of the artists we worked with. He is the founder of the Al Balqa Gallery. It was interesting to talk to both artists and question them about their artwork.

Sana’s work was really interesting and the colours and styles worked really well together. I found Khaldoun’s work more difficult to understand and less appealing. Some of it I found quite bizarre.

However, working with him on the beach helped me to understand his creative ideas and points of view. Some of his vocabulary caused a bit of confusion within the group, yet his demonstrations made it easier to understand. We got the opportunity to paint with the elements all around us, sand, air, water. We also were able to use our fingers and hands to create a painting with a limited palette of two colours. It was really enjoyable.

At the end, I enjoyed seeing all the different outcomes and ideas. Our day ended on a high note with a ride back to the palace on a golf buggy.