40 years ago, Jeddah mayor Mohamed Said Farsi transformed his city through an urban development scheme that placed contemporary art at its core. This was public art on a grand scale, designed 'to bring delight to the citizen, to give a sense of wonder and stir a sense of history'. Works were commissioned from the world's greatest sculptors and this book documents the restoration and relocation of some 26 major works to a new Open Air Museum. It allows the world a unique glimpse into a city not easily visited and shows Saudi Arabia as a place of vision and innovation in art.
- ISBN10 1861543778
- ISBN13 9781861543776
- Publish Date 21 May 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Booth-Clibborn Editions
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 282
- Language Arabic