Dubai Canvas brings art closer to people

The Dubai Canvas, an annual festival celebrating art and culture which opened on Sunday, is a step in the right direction in introducing relatively new forms of art to the general public, participating artists said.

The inaugural Dubai Canvas this year features 11 international artists who have come to the emirate to showcase three-dimensional (3D) pavement art. This type of art form uses the street or any flat surface as the canvas where an image is drawn to appear as if rising from or falling into the ground.

A certain technique allows the image to be seen as three-dimensional from a specific angle.

The event, which runs until Saturday, is outdoors, allowing the public to see artists at work. It moves away from the traditional confines of an art gallery, which conforms with the thrust of its organisers, Brand Dubai, of transforming Dubai into an open-air museum.

Original article by Janice Ponce de Leon