New 'art' livery for Dubai Metro carriages

The first in a series of artistic makeovers for the Dubai Metro carriages was unveiled by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, with a photograph by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, transforming of the city’s public transport carriers into works of art.

In collaboration with the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai, Dubai Culture aims to ‘redefine’ the UAE’s artistic landscape by working with local and international artists to wrap the metro carriages with works of art. 

 
Artworks designed of Abdulqader Al Rais, Rachid Koraichi and Safwan Dahoul, also now adorn Dubai Metro carriages, following the unveiling.

The Dubai Metro art-wraps complement the Dubai Arts Season, the umbrella initiative by Dubai Culture that incorporates city-wide activation of arts and cultural events.
 
Saeed Al Nabouda, Acting Director General of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority said: “We are very pleased to be a part of a project that brings the local and international community closer together through the medium of art.
 
“The wrapping of Dubai Metro carriages with accomplished works of art reiterates the cultural soul of the city and reflects the Dubai Open Air Museum initiative announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.”
 
Abdulla Yousef Al Ali, CEO of RTA’s Rail Agency, confirmed RTA’s commitment to ensure ‘Happiness of the Public’ from all social segments including users of the public transport through the participation in highlighting artistic endeavours.
 
Al Rais is best known for his striking and vibrant abstract artworks. His works have evolved over time from his early figurative works that explored his culture, identity and surroundings.
 
Throughout the series of unique works, he creates various colour combinations encompassing all elements that he has come to emulate so well in his works. A visual energetic story is seen in continuity across Dubai Metro as it passes through the city.
 
Koraïchi’s works reflect his fascination with signs, symbols and ciphers illustrated with intricate Arabic calligraphic scripts.
 
His densely detailed design is defined by the universal language of signs accessible to people from all over the world, whether or not they understand Arabic.
 
Dahoul’s work is part of the dream series he has been working on over the past 20 years where he mirrors the corporal and psychological effects of alienation, solitude, and longing that punctuate the human experience at various stages in life.
 
Complementing the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to transform the Dubai Metro stations into museums, the initiative celebrates UAE’s cultural creativity.
 
Dubai Culture and RTA are working on the initiative to transform six of the Dubai Metro stations into museums.

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