UK artist Sacha Jafri explains his Guinness World Record-holding painting, 'The Journey of Humanity'
COVID-19 may have stopped the world in its tracks, for Jafri it was a starting point
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COVID-19 may have stopped the world in its tracks, for Jafri it was a starting point
“My ankles are quite sore,” says British artist and philanthropist Sacha Jafri who recently unveiled his Guinness World Record-holding painting, ‘The Journey of Humanity’, in Dubai. It’s a type of pain that Jafri is quite familiar with. “I paint for 18-20 hours at a time. I stop when I collapse, I run out of energy, I’m exhausted. And the next day I look at what I’ve done and either it’s beautiful or it’s oh dear…And I don’t really know what I’ve done until the next day so sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t,” he explains.
'Journey of Humanity': Would You Like a Piece of Sacha Jafriâs Art Canvas? Published March 2nd, 2021 - 10:04 GMT Sacha Jafri recently broke the Guinness World Record for the worldâs âLargest Art Canvas,â (Instagram) Dubai-based British artist Sacha Jafri recently broke the Guinness World Record for the worldâs âLargest Art Canvas,â and now the incredible work can be yoursâ or at least a portion of it. The acclaimed artist is selling off 70 individual, framed sections of the artwork, titled âThe Journey of Humanity,â at an auction, in a b...
DUBAI: Dubai-based British artist Sacha Jafri recently broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s “Largest Art Canvas,” and now the incredible work can be yours– or at least a portion of it. The acclaimed artist is selling off 70 individual, framed sections of the artwork, titled “The Journey of Humanity,” at an auction, in a bid to raise $30 million for Humanity Inspired, a non-profit which funds charitable initiatives in the educational, digital, connectivity, healthcare and sanitation sectors. Scaling over 17,000 square feet, Jafri has been working on the painting since Ma...
Sacha Jafri attempts to raise Dhs110m with record 17,000 sqft painting in Dubai 0 Comments Get daily business news from the region delivered straight to your inbox I agree to the terms and conditions SIGN UP Sacha Jafri attempts to raise Dhs110m with record 17,000 sqft painting in Dubai The artwork was created over 28 weeks in the ballroom of the Atlantis, The Palm from March to September 2020 Dubai-based British artist Sacha Jafri has created a 17,000-square-foot painting in Dubai called The Journey of Humanity which has now been recognized by the Guinness World Record as the largest art c...