Promise
Promise, 2022
Mixed Media | H115cm x W115cm
“Promise” portrays the city of Dubai as having realized its potential and undergone a complete reinvention to become what it is today. It conveys a sense of maturity and growth. The city embodies hope, determination, truth, and faith, which Shahi believes are the forces that drive us. Abstract forms and white structures represent the built environment, layered by intricate, black outlines of more structures, with Dubai’s skyline line seated at a distance. This represents the fast-paced nature of Dubai and its impressive ability to reinvent itself into the metropolitan that it is, becoming a city of wonders. The layers of imagery combined with the plethora of colors emanate the liveliness and bustle within this melting pot of people and cultures.
