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DUBAI: US contemporary street artist Shepard Fairey, who shot to fame for his iconic ‘Hope’ poster of Barak Obama in 2008, unveiled two new murals in the UAE’s Dubai Design District (D3) that pay homage to the city’s vision for cross-cultural communication and cooperation on Monday. This will be Fairey’s first showcase in the Middle East and it consists of two walls facing each other.   The first mural, “Rise Above Peace Fingers,” features an intricately patterned peace sign, layered with another image of a fist holding a flower. “Rise Above Peace Fingers” features an ...

Written by Ashleigh Stewart, CNNDubai For an artist as renowned for politically-charged works as Shepard Fairey, the conservative United Arab Emirates might seem like an unlikely place for a new gallery show. And yet the country's glitziest city, Dubai, is precisely where the US contemporary artist -- best known for the iconic Obama "Hope" poster -- is marking his first foray into the Middle East. Fairey's first show in the region, "Future Mosaic," opens on March 15 at Dubai's Opera Gallery, and features 150 works -- both newer pieces as well as iconic images and motifs from the artist's grea...