Camar Cande’s Journey, 2010―2011
Abdullah Al Saadi
Camar Cande’s Journey, 2010―2011
151 watercolour paintings
30.6 x 23.2 cm and 32.5 x 24.2 cm
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Plamen Galabov
Overview
Camar Cande’s Journey chronicles a trek Abdullah Al Saadi took through the northern region of the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Accompanied by a donkey named Camar Cande and a dog, the trio walked through the mountainous terrain, documenting the landscape in photographs, video and watercolour paintings.
When translated literally from Arabic, Camar Cande means ‘White Sugar’. The name also plays on the word Samarkand, evoking literary tales of travel and adventure. Fellow performers in this journey through time and landscape, the animals coloured Al Saadi’s visual impressions with a kind of spirituality generated by their unmediated relationship to the land and its elements.
April 2011
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Artwork Images
Camar Cande's Journey
Abdullah Al Saadi
2010―2011
151 Watercolour paintings between:
30.6 x 23.2 cm and 32.5 x 24.2 cm
Detail view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Camar Cande's Journey
Abdullah Al Saadi
2010―2011
Watercolour painting
64.6 x 256.5 cm
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Plamen Galabov
Camar Cande's Journey
Abdullah Al Saadi
2010―2011
Video installation
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Plamen Galabov
Camar Cande's Journey
Abdullah Al Saadi
2010―2011
Video Installation
151 Watercolour paintings between:
30.6 x 23.2 cm and 32.5 x 24.2 cm
Watercolour painting: 64.6 x 256.5 cm
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
