A city of dreams and opportunities, it's called Dubai! One of the 7 emirates of United Arab Emirates, Dubai is the cosmopolitan luxury capital of the Middle - East and is the landing hub of extremely ambitious and the vivid dreamers who end up moving to the emirate for countless opportunities. A city so diverse and vibrant that it buzzes with international cultures and progressions that attracts a gigantic number of more than 15million tourists annually. Want the biggest, the tallest, the fastest, the most unique, Dubai is the answer to all.
A cultural diversity also shouts out to a need for experiences and variable activities which engage the residents and surprise the tourists. Music, design and Art are some of the spectrums of what inspires and surprises the human brain and one of them is an emerging playground in Dubai, Art! Art scene in Dubai has been existing for many years and goes back to decades, however it has emerged over the water very recently in the last decade or so with multiple avenues to explore and multiple art galleries setting up base in Dubai.
The last few years has witnessed Dubai grow as a major player in the Gulf and even International Art world. Being home to a lot of international Art Events, Opening of Contemporary and Abstract Art galleries, Pop Art acceptance in Middle East, the evolution has been dramatic and intriguing. Pop Art specially, was considered and is still considered in some parts of the world, as a Taboo for unknown and some known reasons. Gallery27 along with other Pop Art Galleries is running in a direction of familiarizing Pop Art to the viewers and breaking the monotonous appeal of other art forms. Pop Art is engaging, it is bold, it is wild (in the good sense), it is captivating, it leaves you grasped to it as it plays around with the emotional segment of the brain that recognizes paintings and artworks from an earlier memory in their lifetime. Could be a portrait of Freddie Mercury or a brand that you love and not only limited to bright and bold colors, Pop Art is a very diverse and well accepted form of Art that appeals and delivers to all generations.
The future of Pop Art in Dubai and even in the Middle East seems very optimistic and visionary considering the international population and their footprints in the region that is predicted once the Expo 2020 has taken its course.