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The depiction of the body is banned by Islamic culture, yet Cristiana de Marchi chooses body art to present her work and that of fifteen other artists who were born or live in the Emirates. A paradox or a provocation? Neither.
Cristiana de Marchi was born in Italy, but lives between Dubai and Beirut. An artist and writer, she has been a key player on the UAE cultural scene for years. MinD/Body, where MinD stands for “Made in Dubai”, the catalogue of an exhibition held in Dubai in 2013, offers an exciting survey of the work of the most important artists who were born or live in the Emirates, observed through the lens of performance and the conflicting but inescapable relationship between mind and body.
