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Pan  Art Fair exhibition in Dubai2. Close up sculpture3. Tilt up artwork by Catalina Swinburn \u0026amp; Teresa Animat \"In God We Trust\" (2008)4. Various of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eDubai, UAE, 17 March 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan  Art Fair exhibition in Dubai\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up sculpture\u003cbr/\u003e3. Tilt up artwork by Catalina Swinburn \u0026amp; Teresa Animat \"In God We Trust\" (2008)\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai, visiting the exhibition accompanied by the Director of Art Dubai, John Martin \u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway with journalists\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai visiting the exhibition\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid shot artwork\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) John Martin, Director and co-founder of Art Dubai: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The galleries have always been through a very tough time, it''s been hard for galleries wherever your are, whether in Dubai, or whether in Europe or America. It''s been a very difficult year, no one really knows how the art market will survive when people are in an economic downturn. And I think that it has been healthy, the art market has responded in very positive way, you know, it''s given artist the chance, for number one the chance to concentrate a lot more on their work, they are not pressured by commercial galleries, by biennales, by all the exhibitions that go on because those things have been cut down. Galleries have been rethinking a little bit how they approach and for collectors it''s an incredible opportunity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot people walking around Art Fair exhibition in Dubai\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of the work of the British artist Sacha Jafri\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sacha Jafri, British Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You see the child relates to conflict in a different way, the child relates to conflict in a subliminal way, the child is affected subliminally by conflict. Not like us, they don''t analyze it like we do. So it enters their subconscious, so this is their subconscious talking, I can''t tell you, I can''t explain it, it is their subconscious not mine. So the idea is that it is their experiences of living through wars, living through an extraordinary time in Palestine at the moment and fear, and being at a school that one day is there and the next day is not.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan of the work of the British artist Sacha Jafri\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of the Art Fair exhibition in Dubai\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of the work of the Egyptian artist Khaled Hafez\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Khaled Hafez, Egyptian artist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The whole project is called temples of flight, and I am working with the notion of flight as flying across a world that becomes a village, but also flight like escape. You know the Middle East region has always been a region of exodus and immigration, and forced immigration. So basically the work is entitled ''The Book of Flight'' as if there is a catalogue for the way to escape or the way to run away.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of the work of the Egyptian artist Khaled Hafez\u003cbr/\u003e17. Set up shot Mahmoud Obaidi, Iraqi artist\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close up Air skies kit for changing your look by Mahmoud Obaidi\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Obaidi, Iraqi artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I had the idea of this project in the plane, as I always carry a sketch book with me. I came up with this idea on how not to look like a terrorist in the eyes of American airport authorities. That was the whole idea, just getting through the airport security and then you would get back to your natural look. It was in order to make (American airport authorities) understand that the way someone looks doesn''t tell you anything, and you stop me because of the way I look. It is easy, I can dye my hair blonde in the end.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of the work of Mahmoud Obaidi\u003cbr/\u003eArtists and dealers at Art Dubai are confident of surviving the current global financial crisis.\u003cbr/\u003eSome 70 galleries from 30 countries are exhibiting at the fair which focusses on emerging Middle Eastern talent.\u003cbr/\u003eArt Dubai attracts art professionals, collectors and artists from across the Middle East, South Asia and beyond.\u003cbr/\u003eBut, even in Dubai, the art world notices the economic downturn.\u003cbr/\u003eA third of last year''s exhibitors are skipping Art Dubai, including dealerships such as London''s Lisson Gallery and New York''s L\u0026amp;M Arts. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever, discounted booth rates (20% less than last year), has meant 72 exhibitors have joined the fair - four more than in 2009. \u003cbr/\u003eAbout 40% are first-timers. \u003cbr/\u003eJohn Martin, Director and co-founder of Art Dubai, says that there is an upside to the tough times, as artists are able to fully concentrate on their works.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The galleries have always been through a very tough time, it''s been hard for galleries wherever your are, whether in Dubai, or whether in Europe or America. It''s been a very difficult year, no one really knows how the art market will survive when people are in an economic downturn. And I think that it has been healthy, the art market has responded in very positive way, you know, it''s given artist the chance, for number one the chance to concentrate a lot more on their work, they are not pressured by commercial galleries, by biennales, by all the exhibitions that go on because those things have been cut down. Galleries have been rethinking a little bit how they approach and for collectors it''s an incredible opportunity,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the artists displaying their work at the Dubai Art Fair is painter Sacha Jafri.\u003cbr/\u003eHailed as one of the world''s leading young contemporary painters, Jafri''s paintings now regularly fetch from between �75,000 ($113,000 US Dollars) to �300,000 ($454,000 US Dollars), with recent works going for as much as $900,000.\u003cbr/\u003eAt Art Dubai, Jafri is presenting one of his paintings, which deals with the trauma war leaves on children.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You see the child relates to conflict in a different way, the child relates to conflict in a subliminal way, the child is affected subliminally by conflict. Not like us, they don''t analyse it like we do. So it enters their subconscious, so this is their subconscious talking, I can''t tell you, I can''t explain it, it is their subconscious not mine. So the idea is that it is their experiences of living through wars, living through an extraordinary time in Palestine at the moment and fear, and being at a school that one day is there and the next day is not,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eEgyptian artist Khaled Hafez deals with issues of escape in his paintings.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The whole project is called temples of flight, and I am working with the notion of flight as flying across a world that becomes a village, but also flight like escape. You know the Middle East region has always been a region of exodus and immigration, and forced immigration. So basically the work is entitled ''The Book of Flight'' as if there is a catalogue for the way to escape or the way to run away,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eSeveral galleries participating in Art Dubai 2010 will champion emerging regional talent, including Iraqi painter Mahmoud Obaidi from the Agial Art Gallery in Beirut. \u003cbr/\u003eObaidi tackles the problems Middle Eastern people face in airports as targets of searches, but in a way that is always humorous and enjoyable, rather than preachy. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I had the idea of this project in the plane, as I always carry a sketch book with me. I came up with this idea on how not to look like a terrorist in the eyes of American airport authorities. That was the whole idea, just getting through the airport security and then you would get back to your natural look. It was in order to make (American airport authorities) understand that the way someone looks doesn''t tell you anything, and you stop me because of the way I look. 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