The winners of the QLOCKTWO Artist’s Edition Award, as part of the International Emerging Artist Award will be unveiled tonight at MAD Gallery in Dubai. Designer brand QLOCKTWO, who create these super stylish clocks and MB&F M.A.D.Gallery, Dubai’s newest design space created a prize giving two winners a one-year contract for the manufacture and sale of the QLOCKTWO Artist’s Edition.
Emirati born Eman AlHashemi and Dubai-based Lebanese citizen Lauris Zailaa both won the votes of the jury and their creations will be on sale from tonight.
Eman AlHashemi’s visual explores the vulnerable and unpredictable nature of things, the contrast between boldness and fragility, order and disorder, predictability and chaos. “The combination of random bold chaotic marks that I try to control by the layering of shapes and positioning them is an attempt to control this chaos and give it order. Experimentation and process are an important part of my work but it remains uncertain, mysterious, and unpredictable,” she says.
Lauris Zailaa’ work is about the universal concept of one love - she combines classical Arabic calligraphy with a vibrant and modern geometrical twist. “In a world where too many tears had shed and ‘Enough’ was screamed in all languages, I try to bring back the essence of One Love and the principle to achieve it: taking the “time” to reflect on ourselves and the world we live in and realise our differences are what unite us. I visually represented this concept by blending colours and shapes to create a harmonious piece filled with positive energy”, she says.
The two winners will also travel to Germany with IEAA in July to meet the founders of QLOCKTWO Marco Biegert and Andreas Funk and visit both the factory and flagship store.
“We are very pleased that the International Emerging Artist Award was able to bring together both QLOCKTWO and MAD Gallery to offer a prize of this caliber to the winners. Proposing this award shows the different ways to nurture the career of an emerging artist as an alternative to traditional gallery representation and exhibition shows. It is our mission to create these opportunities especially when organizations are willing to involve young artists in their creative and selling process but do not have access to these portfolios”, explained Rebia Naim, Award Director and Founder.
The QLOCKTWO Artist’s Edition will be produced in a limited edition of 20 for each artist and available exclusively at MB&F M.A.D.Gallery.
