Dubai Then

  • Thirdline at the Pavilion Downtown Dubai, UAE l 2011 I solo show

As a follow-up to the Dubai Next exhibit held at Vitra Museum in Germany, in 2008, Charlie Koolhaas presented Dubai Then at the Thirdline Downtown Pavilion in Dubai in 2011. Featuring an installation of a 45-meter long fabric books containing photographs investigating Dubai’s particular multiculturalism, Dubai Then also included Charlies’ photographs that charted the rapid development of the city since the last exhibit.

“The 400 older photographs are put in context by 10 more recently shot images, one depicting a bus carrying labourers and another showing a building under construction next to an abandoned road project. Some of the original shots feature the Burj Khalifa just as the glass cladding was being applied, export goods piled up on the decks of dhows, fabric shops, cafes and jewellery displays. Photographs of different people reflect the emirate’s many backgrounds and personalities.”

Artists’s exhibition provides timely snapshot of Dubai, The National News, Colin Simpson, May 19, 2011
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