
Emirati artist Hassan Sharif, who died in 2016, at his studio at The Flying house in Al Quoz, Dubai, in 2012. Antonie Robertson / The National
Emirati artist Hassan Sharif, who died in 2016, at his studio at The Flying house in Al Quoz, Dubai, in 2012. Antonie Robertson / The National
A look back: the five UAE artists who shaped the country's contemporary art scene
These Emirati artists are considered to be the pioneers of contemporary art in the UAE, starting in the 1980s