From Superinnovators 15/12/23

US artist Jim Denevan’s Self Similar art installation in Fahid Island, Abu Dhabi, consists of 448 three-sided pyramids and mounds, and 1000 lanterns, arranged in concentric circles.

The sand installation opened on 21st Nov and is part of Public Art Abu Dhabi’s light art exhibition Manar Abu Dhabi which will run until 30th Jan 2024.

Denevan has created many similar geometric sand installations across the globe, most recently in AlUla, Saudi Arabia and Labadi Beach, Ghana in 2022.

More info:

https://paad.ae/en/artworks/self-similar

https://www.instagram.com/jimdenevan/?hl=en

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/10/10/2757262/0/en/Stunning-Light-Art-Exhibition-Set-to-Illuminate-Abu-Dhabi-s-Archipelagos-and-Mangroves-in-November.html

All image credits Jim Denevan/Public Art Abu Dhabi/ Photographer Lance Gerber

More info

https://paad.ae/en/artworks/self-similar

https://www.instagram.com/jimdenevan/?hl=en

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/10/10/2757262/0/en/Stunning-Light-Art-Exhibition-Set-to-Illuminate-Abu-Dhabi-s-Archipelagos-and-Mangroves-in-November.html

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