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Jeddah's forgotten treasures
"The monumental public sculpture one finds throughout Jeddah, mostly along the corniche, is one of the city’s most remarkable features. Featuring works by Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Joan Miró and Jacques Lipchitz, among others"
"Thanks to a visionary mayor, 1970s Saudi Arabia became a hotspot for the best of modern art. Today, these touchstones of American modernism, dotted along empty highways, are a lament for a progressive future that never was"
"Although many of the larger sculptures are scattered throughout the city’s roundabouts, the smaller and more valuable works were brought together in an open air museum alongside the seashore in Al Hamra. "
"40 years earlier, the Saudi city of Jeddah was a pioneer investor in the shock of the new. As Ahmed Mater’s photographs in the book Sculptures of Jeddah show, this ancient city near Mecca is home to one of the world’s most spectacular arrays of open-air modern sculpture. Perhaps aware of the kudos its neighbours are getting from theirGuggenheim branches and skyscrapers, Jeddah has just restored these modernist marvels and moved a selection into a new seaside sculpture park."
"The monumental public sculpture one finds throughout Jeddah, mostly along the corniche, is one of the city’s most remarkable features. Featuring works by Henri Moore, Jean Arp, Joan Miró and Jacques Lipchitz, among others"
"Thanks to a visionary mayor, 1970s Saudi Arabia became a hotspot for the best of modern art. Today, these touchstones of American modernism, dotted along empty highways, are a lament for a progressive future that never was"
"Although many of the larger sculptures are scattered throughout the city’s roundabouts, the smaller and more valuable works were brought together in an open air museum alongside the seashore in Al Hamra. "
"40 years earlier, the Saudi city of Jeddah was a pioneer investor in the shock of the new. As Ahmed Mater’s photographs in the book Sculptures of Jeddah show, this ancient city near Mecca is home to one of the world’s most spectacular arrays of open-air modern sculpture. Perhaps aware of the kudos its neighbours are getting from theirGuggenheim branches and skyscrapers, Jeddah has just restored these modernist marvels and moved a selection into a new seaside sculpture park."
