A woman in a burqa drinks Arabic coffee, a boy in a ghutra leads his camel by the harness and a falcon spreads its wings - the spray-painted pictures are fantastically lifelike. Completed in five weeks by Miami-based Elio Mercado and his team of nine artists, the 600-metre installation, alongside the main Abu Dhabi to Dubai motorway, was launched this month and has already attracted great attention. The project comes on the back of a similar initiative in Dubai's City Walk retail development that showcased 16 pieces of street art from the world's leading urban artists. Both have achieved what all public art should: provoking discussion among the local creative community on the nature...
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