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Salama Al Mazrouei is reimagining Emirati heritage through portraiture

Emirati artist Salama Al Mazrouei has spent much of her career painting people. But after years devoted to realistic portraiture, she began looking for ways to push the form in new directions. Gold leaf, magazines, traditional fabrics and other materials associated with Emirati heritage began appearing in her work. Realistically rendered figures remained at the centre, while the spaces around…

Salama Al Mazrouei is reimagining Emirati heritage through portraiture

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