Saudi sculptor steps into limelight as religious curbs ease
Saudi ceramic artist, Awatif Al-Keneibit, walks proudly into a gallery displaying her work in Riyadh, where statues and earthenware figurines witness the return of plastic arts to Saudi Arabia after decades of religious restriction, Reuters reports. Her exposition includes ceramic faces, some with hollow eyes, others wearing eyeglasses, and figurines of Saudi Arabian women, displayed on red bricks and coloured to reflect traditional desert dresses. "Who could have imagined that one day, […]
