AND NOW… SHALL WE DANCE?
Critics and art connoisseurs alike have already described Ahmed Askalany as one of the most unique and inimitable sculptors of his generation. Askalany's sculptures are characterized and remarkable by traditional aesthetic forms that place an emphasis on both structure and volume, but the volumes are distorted with a minimal head on a giant body.
Askalany's subjects are usually simple human figures inspired and representative of his society in Cairo, and his works possess a profound nature and a sense of innocence alongside a state of isolation reflecting humor, frankness and candor. There is no specific formula that Askalany uses when creating his works of art, the final work often represents his emotions by becoming humorous or naïve but always with a tremendous poetic sensitivity, reflecting his observations and thoughts about his daily life.
“And Now… Shall We Dance?"" is an invitation and an interrogation; there is some truth, if a very limited truth, to the cries of the simple human nature. Time and again, Askalany set down images of a pre-civilized world, his Eden before the fall, a world inhabited by his musicians and dancers celebrating Life. This connection allows his sculptures to become unique and unmistakable, yet at the same time, does not stop him being thoroughly up to date.
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