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Echoes of Musk #3 evokes Makki's sisters’ passion for embroidery
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Najat Makki is one of the UAE's pioneering women artists. All photos: Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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The Scent of Memories will be running at Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai, until November 2
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In her Resonance series, Makki uses Indian zari fabric, which was the height of fashion when the artist was a child
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Even the most dizzying and abstract of Makki's works is layered with intention
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Makki’s new body of work creates a visual experience full of rhythm
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Four Seasons by Najat Makki
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Makki used a stamping technique to superimpose other shapes onto the zari fabric
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Echoes of Musk #3 evokes Makki's sisters’ passion for embroidery
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Najat Makki is one of the UAE's pioneering women artists. All photos: Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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The Scent of Memories will be running at Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai, until November 2
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In her Resonance series, Makki uses Indian zari fabric, which was the height of fashion when the artist was a child
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Even the most dizzying and abstract of Makki's works is layered with intention
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Makki’s new body of work creates a visual experience full of rhythm
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Four Seasons by Najat Makki
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Makki used a stamping technique to superimpose other shapes onto the zari fabric
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Echoes of Musk #3 evokes Makki's sisters’ passion for embroidery
Najat Makki presents kaleidoscopic, evocative body of work in new solo exhibition
Over a career spanning decades, Makki has remained one of the UAE's pioneering women artists
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Razmig Bedirian
28 September, 2023
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