Our journey takes us to the exotic Persian Gulf, and the oil rich sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi. Islamic art is renowned for its geometric complexity and beauty; the fabulous tiles and carvings of Morocco and the calligraphy of Arabia. On the other hand, it also comes up with giant concrete coffee pots on roundabouts, and, in a hotel on the east side of the island of Abu Dhabi, this...
Oil on canvas, unsigned.
What to make of it? A potato and some rings left by paint cans? Was it a coincidence that this was hung in the toilet? As we regard its unfathomable shallows, we may never know.
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