Start your first art collection and learn about emerging artistic talent in the UAE with 50 / Collection, a new series of limited-edition artworks at Drawdeck, the Dubai-based online platform for local artists who base their practice on drawing.
For the series, Drawdeck is teaming up with a diverse selection of emerging and established artists to produce limited editions of exclusive work. Every other month, an artist’s work will be added to the collection and only 50 prints of each will be made available. The initiative kicked off last week with Marwan “Myneandyours” Shakarchi’s image We Bleed As One.
“We met Marwan on several occasions and love the passion he has for his work and the underlying messages in his pieces. He’s an artist who is making a name for himself in this region and we couldn’t be happier with the final piece he has produced for Drawdeck,” says co-founder David Hammond.
Drawdeck was founded last year as “a passion project” by Hammond and Alex Dunn – Hammond was working as a landscape architect in Abu Dhabi and Dunn was with an advertising firm in Dubai. The pair decided that there were not enough opportunities for artists in the UAE, particularly those dedicated to drawing.
“I was always interested in art and illustration, but there were a lot of artists here who weren’t getting the attention they deserved,” says Hammond. “There were platforms already, but nothing specifically for drawing. Other than photography, almost all art starts with drawing.”
Original article by Anna Seaman
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