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'Perspective Grid' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'Red Stack' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022, is the Emirati artist's biggest public sculpture to date. Photo: Frieze
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'Red Stack' is currently part of Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park, London that is running until November 13. Photo: Frieze.
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Constructed from fibreglass and resin on a polystyrene core over a steel armature, Al Mazrou manipulated the materials to their limits, in order to imitate the gentle creases, the soft voluminous terrain of an everyday, banal object such as a stack of cushions. Photo: Frieze
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'Expand' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2018. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'Engage' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2018. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'The Plinth' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2021. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'The Plinth' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2021. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'Measuring the Physicality of the Void' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Desert X Alula
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'Measuring the Physicality of the Void' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Desert X Alula
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'Perspective Grid' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'Red Stack' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022, is the Emirati artist's biggest public sculpture to date. Photo: Frieze
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'Red Stack' is currently part of Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park, London that is running until November 13. Photo: Frieze.
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Constructed from fibreglass and resin on a polystyrene core over a steel armature, Al Mazrou manipulated the materials to their limits, in order to imitate the gentle creases, the soft voluminous terrain of an everyday, banal object such as a stack of cushions. Photo: Frieze
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'Expand' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2018. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'Engage' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2018. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'The Plinth' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2021. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'The Plinth' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2021. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
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'Measuring the Physicality of the Void' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Desert X Alula
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'Measuring the Physicality of the Void' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Desert X Alula
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'Perspective Grid' by Shaikha Al Mazrou, 2022. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing things
Emirati artist Shaikha Al Mazrou’s sculptural work on show at Frieze Sculpture
'Red Stack' is a charming exploration of materials, exhibited in public alongside Frieze London 2022
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