Sheikha Al Mayassa. East West-West East in the Qatar Desert. Walking between the plates at the unveiling ceremony.

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East-West / West-East is an art installation created by sculptor Richard Serra in the Qatar desert. It was commissioned by Qatar Museums Authority and unveiled by Sheikha al-Mayassa Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, a sister of the Emir of Qatar, in 2014. The installation consists of four large steel plates rolled in Germany, standing in formation spanning a kilometer across the Zekreet peninsula in the Brouq nature reserve.

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Size: 2504px × 1669px
Location: Brouq Nature Reserve, Zekreet Peninsula, Qatar
Photo credit: © Sally Crane / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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