ART DUBAI 2026
Art Dubai — Booth X26
RARARES Art Gallery
14–17 May 2026
ARTISTS
Fatma Lootah / Chunkook Lee
DATES
14–17 May 2026
LOCATION
Art Dubai
Madinat Jumeirah
Dubai, UAE
Inspired by the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, the exhibition explores the relationship between nature as creator and nature as creation. Centred around a large-scale installation by acclaimed UAE artist and cultural ambassador Fatma Lootah, whose experimental contemporary practice remains deeply rooted in Arabic heritage and visual tradition.
The project brings Fatma Lootah and Chunkook Lee into dialogue through material, digital, and sculptural approaches to nature, transformation, and cultural memory.
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About the Artists
Chunkook Lee is a South Korean artist working between sculpture, digitally modelled forms, and material transformation. His practice investigates growth, instability, biological mutation, and the relationship between virtual image systems and physical matter.
Lee's sculptural works merge industrial fabrication with speculative organic structures, producing forms that oscillate between natural evolution and synthetic construction.
Fatma Lootah is a UAE artist whose practice bridges Arabic heritage, digital image-making, textile language, and contemporary visual experimentation. Her work explores memory, ornament, mythology, and transformation through immersive environments and hybrid material systems.
Lootah has exhibited internationally and is recognised for developing a contemporary visual language rooted in Gulf cultural identity while engaging digital and spatial practices.
