{"id":19709,"date":"2019-05-09T13:25:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T09:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=19709"},"modified":"2019-05-09T13:25:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T09:25:23","slug":"huge-version-of-love-me-heart-sculpture-unveiled-in-downtown-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/huge-version-of-love-me-heart-sculpture-unveiled-in-downtown-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Version Of &#8216;LOVE ME&#8217; Heart Sculpture Unveiled In Downtown Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Master sculptor Richard Hudson has returned to Downtown Dubai and he\u2019s back with something bigger and better.<\/p>\n<p>The artist\u2019s three-dimensional, mirrored-steel \u2018LOVE ME\u2019 heart sculpture that first appeared in February last year to visitors to The Dubai Mall, has been recreated &#8211; but this time on much larger scale.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u2018LOVE ME\u2019 heart, the latest piece to be added to Emaar\u2019s growing community art portfolio, is so big that it had to be transported in pieces to its new home and assembled onsite.<\/p>\n<p>At a height of five metres and equally wide, \u2018LOVE ME\u2019 has a depth of 3.8 metres and weighs over 7,000 kg. Described by Hudson as \u201call-encompassing in its symbolism of love and peace \u2013 and an icon image that crosses all boundaries\u201d &#8211; \u2018LOVE ME\u2019 resonates with people from all walks of life.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture has been carefully positioned to reflect the sky-high Burj Khalifa on its mirrored steel surface making it the perfect companion to the two captivating LED shows lighting up the iconic tower throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson\u2019s works have been exhibited around the world including shows across Europe, the Americas and Asia. He has curated \u00a0private collections for the likes of Sir Elton John, Claudia Schiffer, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The Dubai Mall continually seeks to promote art and culture with outstanding exhibits, select collections and one-of-a-kind showcases.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedubaimall.com\"><em>www.thedubaimall.com<\/em><\/a><em> or call 800 DUBAI MALL (800 38224 6255)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Connect with @TheDubaiMall on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedubaimall\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDubaiMall\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em> &amp; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheDubaiMall\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19710\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19711\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master sculptor Richard Hudson has returned to Downtown Dubai and he\u2019s back with something bigger and better. The artist\u2019s three-dimensional, mirrored-steel \u2018LOVE ME\u2019 heart sculpture that first appeared in February last year to visitors to The Dubai Mall, has been recreated &#8211; but this time on much larger scale. The new \u2018LOVE ME\u2019 heart, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19713,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19709\/revisions\/19713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}