Airport installations
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Inspiration for travellers

Qatari artist Faraj Duham has created large-scale murals for the airport interior, whilst Ali Hassan has produced an iconic desert horse sculpture, which lives just outside of the airport building.

Other local artists whose art will be showcased around the airport include Mohammed Aljaida, Mubarak Al Malik, Amal Alatham, and Yousif Ahmed.

The winning photographs of our previous competition, Capture the Essence of Qatar are displayed in the departures terminal.

Dutch artist Tom Claassen has produced a series of sculptures of the Oryx, which appear in herd formation in the arrivals hall. American sculptor Tom Otterness will have a number of installations around the airport titled Playground. His style is often described as cartoonish and cheerful, and his pieces here are accompanied by miniature Arab figures .

Other featured international artists include Adel Abdessemed, Dia Azzawi, Ahmed Al Bahrani, Maurizio Cattelan, Don Gummer, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Marc Quinn, Anselm Reyle, Rudolf Stingel and Bill Viola.

The Nurseries of El Dorado is a representation of an almost mythical world. Comprising of a number of bronze sculptures, Quinn creates a series of hybrid plants by taking elements from different vegetation and carefully piecing them together, before casting them in bronze.

Rudolf Stingel’s work reflects on the passage of time. Stingel covered three surfaces with reflective, aluminium-faced insulation panels, before inviting members of the construction team to draw on the soft walls at the time of the airport’s construction. The walls were then cast in copper and electroplated with gold, before a number of pieces were selected for permanent display at the airport.