Hatta Dam - 2016

Case Ma’claim created an 80-by-30-metre mural on an inclined surface at Hatta Dam as part of the Dubai Street Museum programme. The work portrays the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, founders of the United Arab Emirates.

Developed through the Government of Dubai Media Office, the project brought monumental portrait painting into Hatta’s mountain landscape.

The inclined surface and the surrounding mountain landscape made the site a defining part of the commission. SAN Projects’ production work supported the transformation of the artist’s portrait imagery into a public artwork at monumental scale. The related Case Ma’claim project page presents the commission, while the 50th-anniversary project records its later restoration.

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