Photos| Abdul Rahman Al-Zahim’s sculptures express the Kingdom’s identity at the Camel Festival

Sculpture is considered one of the oldest arts known to humanity, and it has a special place in the Kingdom, as a means of expressing cultural identity and ancient heritage.
This art receives clear and wide attention, and has a local and international presence, as it represents a combination of originality and innovation, and enhances the values ​​of creativity and cultural diversity.

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The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, in its ninth edition, is held under the slogan “Glory to its people,” and is one of the most prominent cultural platforms that sheds light on this artistic creativity, as it embraces the arts in various forms, including sculpture, to become an artistic destination that embodies the blending of heritage and modernity, and their close connection. With camels, and a live image is transmitted to tourists, visitors and festival goers.

On the outskirts of the southern Sayahid, where the present meets the past, the festival has allocated pavilions among its corridors for participants to highlight their artistic works, perhaps the most prominent of which is sculpture, where the works of the Saudi artist Abdul Rahman Al-Zahim stand as a vibrant masterpiece, through his sculptures that adorn the festival’s corridors.

Saudi heritage

Al-Zahim says: The formulation of Saudi heritage in an innovative artistic style, such as carving camels and tools used in ancient times, constitutes an element of attraction for visitors, which were a symbol of heritage and connection to the land, pointing out that these works are transformed into artistic paintings that express the Kingdom’s identity and its renewed authenticity.

He explained that his interest in the world of sculpture began many years ago, when he not only practiced sculpture as an individual passion, but rather made it a family legacy by teaching his daughter the basics of the craft, and qualifying a new generation of creative people by establishing a specialized exhibition to train students, to reflect this legacy, and his commitment to his contribution to preserving On cultural identity.

Artistic sculptures

Al-Zahim is participating in an art exhibition through a pavilion dedicated to a group of artistic sculptures that carry an authentic character, taking more than 240 days to complete, as they embody heritage landmarks that were used in the past, such as carved wooden daggers, trees, wooden tables, and heritage doors, artifacts that take physical forms. , Al-Zir and others.

The experience of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, as a platform concerned with Saudi heritage and culture, embodies a prominent contribution locally and globally through its various activities in supporting various arts, including sculpture, to become a meeting point that combines culture, art and innovation, and an economic and tourism tributary for camels and their heritage, which makes it an integrated event that reflects… Kingdom identity.