Safar's artworks are in dialogue with AlUla's unique physical and cultural landscape. Their paintings all mirror the same underlying square grid pattern (the basis of textile techniques such as Al Sadu weaving: a new addition to UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage) but feature different patterns that originate from the varied traditional crafts that span the region.
In a piece entitled 'Our Living Tradition', artisans from Madrasat Addeera investigate the Order of Nature as a design tool and how language is intrinsic to traditional arts and cultures. Speaking to Arts AlUla's vision for a new - and local - creative community, works by the 10 Saudi artists and 6 regional artists sit alongside those by artisans from Madrasat Addeera, the first Art and Design Center in AlUla which offers craft programmes for local artisans. The collection was conceived by The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and facilitated by Capsule Arts, presenting work by significant Saudi and international artists such as Dana Awartani, Sh aikha Al Mazrou and Zahrah Al Ghamdi(all of whom have a longstanding relationship with Arts AlUla) as well as emerging artists such as Stephanie Neville, Sandrah Boutros and Nidanin Woodwork. The Safar art collection continues this legacy, linking the narratives of the past through the contemporary perspectives of artists of our time: a journey through the airport and a journey through AlUla's past heritage and future vision.
AlUla has long been a place of artistic journey: a historic hub of cultural transfer, which is now being revived as an oasis of art and creativity.Ī long-standing place of passage, AlUla has always welcomed traders, merchants and pilgrims who have – for millennia – portrayed their experiences of AlUla's spectacular cultural landscape through literature and art. Safar – meaning travel in Arabic – is a fitting name for this important collection of sculpture, photography, textiles, paintings, and design pieces found at the gateway to AlUla. The name seems to be derived from Amharic lul meaning “pearl”.When mountains are domesticated by Sheikha Al Mazrou, 2022, Resin. Alula is also a male name, most famously belonging to a 19th century Ethiopian general who fought for his country’s independence against the Europeans.I’ve also seen it written as alulaye, which I think is the plural form but I’m not sure Alula is also a word in Chamarro, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Guam but which is in danger of becoming extinct.Alula means “the first”, which comes from Arabic al-Qafsa al-Ula ( القفزة الأولى) meaning “the first leap” or “the first jump” (of the gazelle) which was what the constellation was known in Ancient Arabia because it marked the right hind foot of the bear It’s also the name of two star systems in the constellation Ursa Major, Alula Borealis and Alula Australis (also known as Nu and Xi Ursae Majoris respectively).Alula (also spelled Ōlulu) is also the name of a Hawaiian flower, an endangered species unique only to Hawaii its scientific name is Brighamia insignia.It means ‘”winglet”, since Alula is a diminutive of ala, a Latin word meaning “wing” which derives from PIE root *h₂eḱs- (axis) Alula (also known as a bastard wing) refers to a small joint in the middle of a bird’s wing, which has three to five small wing feathers (depending on the species) and helps the birds navigate through the air.Alula is a name with quite a few origins and meanings to it:
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