Middle East Focus: Oro Y Plata On the Persian Gulf………………

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Oro Y Plata On the Persian Gulf………………

“Pascal Salino came to Abu Dhabi to fulfil a promise made 17 years ago., and from today, the work of the French artist, honouring the late Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the UAE, will go on show in the capital. Mr Salino said that while running a perfume shop in Annecy in south-east France he received many clients from the Gulf. In 1993, one high-ranking citizen, whom he chose not to name, asked him to exhibit his collection of gold-laden paintings in the capital one day. Mr Salino agreed, but started work on his images of Sheikh Zayed only in recent years. “I’ve now fulfilled that promise,” he said. “He was a man of peace for all the Arab world,” Mr Salino said of Sheikh Zayed. “He was the most impressive man in a new Arab civilisation.” The portraits of Sheikh Zayed will be on display at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi until Sunday. Each costs Dh275,000 (US$75,000) and half the proceeds will be donated to a charity of the buyer’s choice. Mr Salino has dozens of other paintings on display and available for sale. Similar to the portraits of Sheikh Zayed, they are a collection of mediums tha t include streaks of gold and Arabic calligraphy……..”

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