Artist
Halim Karabibanne
Title
Noe’s Harbour
Year
2007
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
150 × 150 cm

Halim Karabibanne
Noe’s Harbour, 2007

Courtesy of Elmarsa Gallery Tunis/Dubai

● Artist

Halim Karabibanne

Halim Karabibanne came to recognition in the 1990s due to his unusually sarcastic yet masterfully executed collages and oneric paintings. Throughout his career, Karabibanne has formally explored an alternative universe, one that is hybrid and playfully 'staged' with a whole range of mythical neo pop characters. Since 2007, Karabibanne has been pursuing a multidisciplinary performance in which he has been encouraging public authorities to inaugurate Tunisia's first National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MNAMC). With a pressure cooker as symbol and form of the future museum, Karabibanne uses social networks, events and exhibitions to effectively launch this pseudo fictional museum until it sees the light. Between 1982 and 1993, Karabibanne studied architecture and attended the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1999 to 2001, he lived at the Cite Internationale des Arts of Paris.

● Patron

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was born in 1949 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He proceeded to become the ruler of Dubai, and the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE in 2006. However, His Highness has been initiating projects aimed at the prosperity of Dubai and its people since his appointment as the Crown Prince of Dubai in 1995.