Artsawa - Art Gallery

UNDERCURRENT | CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN ART

Artists : Collective Contemporary Egyptian Exhibition

Preview : 14 May 2009

Start Date : 14 May 2009 Time : 11:00 AM

End Date : 14 July 2009 Time : 10:00 PM

Ahmed Nawar_Spirit of Civilisation A_2005_acrylic on canvas_60 x 60 cm
Ahmed Nawar_Spirit of Civilisation A_2005 _acrylic on canvas _60 x 60 cm (image 2)
Ahmed Nawar_Spirit of Civilisation B_2005 _acrylic on canvas_60 x 60 cm
Ahmed Nawar_Spirit of Civilisation C_2005_acrylic on canvas_60 x 60 cm
Ahmed Nawar_Spirit of Civilisation B_2005_acrylic on canvas_60 x 60 cm (image 2)
Ahmed Nawar_Man & Energy 9_1995_mixed media (acrylic and construct art)_60 x 60 cm
Ahmed Nawar_Man & Energy 7_1995_mixed media (acrylic and construct art)_60 x 60 cm
Ahmed Nawar_Egypt 21st Century_1996_acrylic on canvas_135 x 102 cm
Ahmed Nawar_Egypt 21st Century_1996_acrylic on canvas_135 x 102 cm (image 2)
Atef Ahmed Ibrahim_2008_Mokabalah (Meeting)_120×180 cm_oil on wood
Ahmed Askalany_Prayer 1, 2, 3_2008_woven palm leaves and steel wire_126 x 40 X 80 cm (image 1)
Ahmed Askalany_HEN 1(HEAD RAISED)_2008_6-30_palm leaf_40 x 20 x 43 cm
Ahmed Askalany_HEN 1(HEAD LOWERED)_2008_1-30_palm leaf_38 x 20 x 35 cm
Ahmed Askalany_Group of Hens_2008_woven palm leaves and steel wire_38 X 20 X 35 cm and 40 x 20 x 43 cm (image 3)
Armen Agop_Untitled 1_2008_bronze_65x21x11cm
Armen Agop_Untitled 2_2008_bronze_102x24x24cm
Armen Agop_Untitled 3_2008_bronze_114x38x24cm
Atef Ahmed Ibrahim_2008_Mokabalah (Meeting)_120×180 cm_oil on wood
Ahmed Askalany_DONKEY & THREE CHILDREN_2008_2-3_palm leaf_105 x 45 x 118 cm S
Atef Ahmed Ibrahim_2008_Raheel (Departure)_200×90 cm_Oil on wood
Atef Ahmed Ibrahim_2008_Tawahod (Lonely)_120 x 180 cm_oil on wood
Attiat Sayed_Bikes_2009_oil on canvas_150 x 130 cm
Attiat Sayed_Bottles_2003_oil on canvas_130 x 80 cm
Attiat Sayed_Sewing Machine_2006_oil on canvas_125 x 100 cm (image 2)
Attiat Sayed_Untitled 3_2009_drawing in oil pastel_35 x 50 cm
Attiat Sayed_Untitled 1_2009_drawing in oil pastel_35 x 25 cm
Attiat Sayed_Untitled 2_2009_drawing in oil pastel_35 x 25 cm
Attiat Sayed_Untitled 4_2009_drawing in oil pastel_35 x 50 cm
Attiat Sayed_Untitled 5_2009_drawing in oil pastel_35 x 50 cm
Attiat Sayed_Untitled 6_2009_drawing in oil pastel_50 x 35 cm
Ehab Ellaban_Woman_2007_bronze_70 x 70 x 15 cm (image 1)
Ehab Ellaban_Woman_2007_bronze_70 x 70 x 15 cm (image 2)
Ehab Ellaban_Woman_2007_bronze_70 x 70 x 15 cm (image 3)
Ehab Ellaban_Woman_2007_bronze_70 x 70 x 15 cm
EM0109_Essam Marouf_Untitled_2008_acrylic on linen_230 x 195 cm
Essam Marouf_Untitled_20O8_acrylic on linen_230 x 195 cm
Essam Marouf_Untitled_2008_acrylic on linen_150 x 195 cm
Fathi Afifi_Untitled (Barakat water)_2008_mixed media on canvas_100x 150 cm
Fathi Afifi_Untitled (Bikes and people) _2007_oil on canvas_194 x 150 cm
Fathi Afifi_Untitled (Reading the News)_2008_oil on canvas _100x 150 cm
George Azmy_Untitled 1 (PRO)_2008_drawing_150x90 cm
George Azmy_Untitled 2 (Taxi)_2008_drawing_107x46 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_1 Two_2009_Mixed media on plexiglass_100x140 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_2 SAME FACE C_2009_1_Oil on canvas_155 x 155 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_5-TWO_2009_1_Mixed media (silver leaf, acrylic on plexiglass)_100 x 140 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_Looking_2009_acrylic on corrugated cardboard_80 x 80 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_Nothing_2009_mixed media (silver leaf, acrylic on plexiglass)_133 x 203 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_Same Face B_2009_mixed media (silver leaf, acrylic on plexiglass)_155 x 133 cm
Hanafy Mahmoud_Stars - 2009_acrylic on corrugated cardboard_127 x 206 cm
Hanafy Mamoud_ONE_2009_mixed media (gold leaf, acrylic on plexiglass)_100 x 140 cm S
Hanan El Sheikh_Untitled 1_2008_oil on canvas_100 x 100 cm
Hanan El Sheikh_Untitled 2_2008_oil on canvas_100 x 100 cm
Haytham Nawar_The Other 1 & 2_2007_drawing_200 x 100 cm and 200 x 100 cm
Haytham Nawar_The Other 1_2007_drawing_200 x 100 cm
Haytham Nawar_The Other 2_2007_drawing_200 x 100 cm
Hazem El Mesikawy_9 Cubes _2007-2008_cardboard and recycled paper_95 x 36 x 29 cm (image 2)
Hazem El Mesikawy_9 Cubes _2007-2008_cardboard and recycled paper_95 x 36 x 29 cm (image 3)
Hazem El Mesikawy_Bridge_2008-2009_cardboard and newspaper_145 x 100 x 14 cm
Hend Adnan_Harmony A_2009_oil on canvas_100 x 100 cm
Hend Adnan_Harmony B_2009_oil on canvas_100 x 100 cm
Hend Adnan_Harmony C_2009_oil on canvas_100 x 100 cm
Howaida El Sebaee _Spotlight 1_2007_ oil on canvas_180 x 200 cm
Howaida El Sebaee_Spolight 2_2007_oil on canvas_180 x 200 cm
Ibrahim El Dessouki_Living Cairo 1_2009_oil on canvas_185 x 110 cm
Ibrahim El Dessouki_Living Cairo 2_2009_oil on canvas_185 x 110 cm
Ibrahim El Dessouki_Living Cairo 3_2009_oil on canvas_185 x 110 cm
Khaled Sorour_Bicycle & Jacket_2008_acrylic on canvas_146 x 201 cm
Khaled Sorour_Take Five_2008_acrylic on canvas_146 x 146 cm
Maha Maamoun_Cairoscapes 4_2004_C-print_50 x 300 cm
Maha Maamoun_Cairoscapes 4_2004_C-print_50 x 300 cm
Maha Maamoun_Cairoscapes 4_2004_C-print_50 x 300 cm
Maha Maamoun_Cairoscapes 7_2004_C-print_50 x 300 cm
Marwa Adel_Confused_2008_photography and computer graphic_50 x 150 cm
Marwa Adel_MOVEMENT 2-PRINTED MARWA_2009_1-5_Photography and computer graphic_102 x 70 cm
Marwa Adel_PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN 2- PRINTED MARWA_2009_1-5_Photography and computer graphic_55 x 130 cm
Marwa Adel_REMAINING DESPITE OF YOUR ATTEMPTS- PLEXI_2009_3-5_Photography and computer graphics_50 x 185 cm S
Marwa Adel_SILENCE 2- PRINTED MARWA_2009_1-5_Photography and computer graphic_76 x 76 x + 76 x 100 cm S
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 1_2008_oil on paper_40 x 50 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 1_2008_oil on paper_50 x 40 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 2_2008_oil on paper_40 x 50 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 2_2008_oil on paper_50 x 40 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 3_2008_oil on paper_50 x 40 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 4_2008_oil on paper_50 x 40 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 5_2008_oil on paper_50 x 40 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 9_2008_oil on paper_40 x 50 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 10_2008_oil on paper_40 x 50 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 11_2008_oil on paper_40 x 50 cm
Mohamed Abla_On the Road 12_2008_oil on paper_40 x 50 cm
Mohamed Abla_The Street 3_2005_acrylic on canvas_140 x 120 cm
Mohamed Al Fayoumi_2000_Fellah_bronze_40 x 44 x 53 cm
Mohamed Al Fayoumi_2000_Om el Saad (Mother of Joy)_bronze_43 x 44 x 60 cm
Mohamed Zayan & Eslam Zein_80 MILLION_2009_video_00-00-30
Mohsen Shaalan_Handcuffed_2009_oil on canvas_100 x 70 cm
Mohsen Shaalan_Handcuffs & Creation_2008_oil on canvas_100 x 70 cm
Mohsen Shaalan_Neither love him Nor can leave him_2008_oil on canvas_190 x 160 cm
Nagla Samir_Cityscape 2_2009_C-print_124 x 110 cm (image 2)
Nagla Samir_Cityscape 2_2009_C-print_124 x 110 cm
Nagla Samir_Cityscape_2009_C-print_124 x 110 cm (image 2)
Nagla Samir_Cityscape_2009_C-print_124 x 110 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (bread seller)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_66 x 100 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (aerial view)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_100 x 66 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (corniche)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_66 x 100 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (Fire)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_66 x 100 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (Minibus)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_66 x 100 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (Newstand)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_66 x 100 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (Ramadan Meals)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_100 x 66 cm
Randa Shaath_Cairo Sidewalks (Two Old Men)_2004-2008_B & W photograph_66 x 100 cm
Sobhi Guergues_Attempt to Rise_brass_33 x 33 x 34 cm
Sobhi Guergues_Deliberation_brass_36 x 34 x 28 cm (image 2)
Sobhi Guergues_Deliberation_brass_36 x 34 x 28 cm
Sobhi Guergues_Judge_brass_50 x 50 x 50 cm
Sobhi Guergues_Meditating_brass_44 x 45 x 94 cm (image 2)
Sobhi Guergues_Meditating_brass_44 x 45 x 94 cm
Wael Darwesh_Two in the blue bedroom 1_2009_mixed media on canvas_180 x 140 cm
Wael Darwesh_Two in the blue bedroom 2_2009_mixed media on canvas_180 x 140 cm
Wael Darwesh_Two in the blue bedroom 3_2009_mixed media on canvas_180 x 140 cm
Wael Darwesh_TWO IN THE BLUE BEDROOM_1-2-3_2009_Mixed Media_(3)_180 x 140 cm each_3S, 1-2 NA

UNDERCURRENT | CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN ART

Under the joint patronage of H.E. Abdul Rahman Mohammad Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth & Community Development, UAE and the Guest of Honour, H.E. Farouk Hosny, Minister of Culture of Egypt. The exhibition is also supported by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.

Artists: AHMED ASKALANY, AHMED EL SHAER, AHMED NAWAR, ARMEN AGOP, ATEF AHMED IBRAHIM, ATTIAT SAYED, EHAB ELLABAN, ESLAM ZEIN, ESSAM MAROUF, FATHI AFIFI, GEORGE AZMY, HANAFY MAHMOUD, HANAN EL SHEIKH, HAYTHAM NAWAR, HAZEM EL MESTIKAWY, HEND ADNAN, HOWAIDA EL SEBAEE, IBRAHIM EL DESSOUKI, KHALED SOROUR, MAHA MAAMOUN, MARWA ADEL, MOHAMED ABLA, MOHAMED AL FAYOUMI, MOHAMED ZAYAN, MOHSEN SHAALAN, NAGLA SAMIR, RANDA SHAATH, SOBHI GUERGUES, WAEL DARWESH

“Undercurrent” showcases the works of a group of 29 selected Egyptian artists, both well-established and at the cutting-edge of the Egyptian art scene. The exhibition takes its inspiration from the city of Cairo, with its exuberant energy, continuously stretching boundaries, and complex social and economic environment. The artworks reflect the impact of all these dynamics on the art and culture of contemporary Egypt.

The exhibition is a valuable contribution to the region’s artistic agenda, as it highlights a number of outstanding Egyptian artists,” said Amel B. Makkawi, Founder of artsawa in Dubai. “Hosting this exhibition in the UAE draws our two cultures together and closer. Both Dubai and Cairo’s growth demonstrate an impact and electric energy, although each originating in entirely different sources. One rooted in millennia of history and civilization, of human artistic expression dating back thousands of years, the other emanating from a small trading community that in a moment of great opportunity decided to stand up and be counted, to create a major 21st Century hub for commerce, finance, transportation, media, and arts.”

H.E. Abdul Rahman Al Owais commented “This exhibition presents an excellent platform for Egyptian and Emirati artists to interact and share experiences and creative ideas, which further highlights the depth of the ever-growing relationship that has for centuries brought Egypt and the UAE together, especially in literary and artistic arenas.”

Hosting an art exhibition of this size and value in the UAE serves as recognition of the emergence of the country as an important contributor to contemporary art. The creative art works of artists from the Emirates are becoming a regional language understood by broad segments of the UAE’s citizens and residents, and have become an extraordinary ambassador for the country’s values, cultural heritage and creativity.

More than abstract works signed by artists, these pieces of art convey the culture, heritage and reality of the Egyptian society, further instilling the mission of art as means to bring cultures closer together, express sincere human feelings and elevate our perception and understanding of fine arts.

Through these wonderful pieces, the Egyptian artists try to describe the small details of the Egyptian culture, which visitors will surely enjoy. This is undoubtedly a great opportunity to learn more about the Egyptian school of contemporary arts. This is where the creative talents of Egyptian and Emirates artists meet and blend in great harmony that creates deeper understanding and credibility of the realities and distinct qualities of life in these two countries.

“This exhibition is an important initiative, one where both established and up-and-coming Egyptian artists display their work, in a generous gesture destined to propel the Arab art movement to the prospects it so deserves. I commend artsawa and this collective of artists for this endeavour,” H.E. Farouk Hosny added.

True to its vision which values the role of art as a universal language, and reflecting the artistic scene in the UAE, which has become a highly sought-after international destination for the arts, artsawa celebrates the occasion with its first publication featuring the artists and their artworks.

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