A, B… Cartoons

In this exhibition, imagined and drawn scenes are displayed. They might be imaginary with animals giving their own viewpoint and wondering: Why do humans who play the part of animals in the jungle do not abide by the law of the jungle?

In practice, they are paintings made of collage. The Egyptian African touches, represented in most paintings by the Egyptian colors, were deliberately selected. This has much to do with the ancient local industry. According to tradition, my mother kept the clothes her mother collected from different places, and given it to her as a present. And, by turn, my mother kept them for me until I grow up.

In these clothes, which keep the old printing and decorations women were used to wearing in the 1950s and 1980s, I see much variety and taste in clothes and liberty in choice of colors indicating time, which cannot be compared to what women wear now in 2011, i.e. colors quite far from identity. This is why I used this kind of clothes which still preserve the meaning of time.

المعرض هو طرح لمشاهد متخيلة ومرسومة وقد تكون خيالية تعرض فيها الحيوانات وجهة نظرها وتسأل لماذا عندما يحاول أن يؤدي الإنسان  دور الحيوان في الغابة لا يلتزم بقوانين الغابة؟

التجربة عمليا عبارة عن لوحات تصويرية, الخامة هي الكولاج ...تعمدت أن يكون الحس المصري الافريقي والذي يظهر في معظم اللوحات وفى الاستخدام للألوان المصرية والتي هي ليست بمنآي عن الصناعة المحلية القديمة, حيث جرت العادة أن تحتفظ أمي بلأقمشة التي أعطتها أمها إياها من تنقلاتها والتي أخذتها هدية لبنتها وهى أمى التي بالتناوب احتفظت بها لي كي أخذها عندما اكبر.

هذه الاقمشة التي تحمل في طياتها الطباعة القديمة والنقوش التي اعتادت أن تلبسها النساء في الخمسينيات والثمانينيات في القرن الماضي, تجعلني أرى كم التنوع والذوق في اللبس والحرية في التعامل مع اللون كمعبر عن الزمن, مقارنة بما تلبسه النساء الآن عام 2011 من ألوان بعيدة عن الهوية. لذلك استخدمت هذا النوع من الاقمشة التي لازالت تحتفظ بمعنى الزمن فيها...

Opening on Sunday, 18 December 2011, at 7 pm

In their art works Gabriela Goronzy, Thomas Kleine , Ilka Vogler, three artists from Hamburg (Germany), ask questions about forms and defin i tions of identity.

Is identity a result of family, nation, culture, religion, language, gender?

Is identity a process of longlife learning , of interaction and communication?

Is it possible to step beyond these bounderies, to free yourself from these bounderies? How to follow someone's example?

The elementary question "who am I?", the search for identity, the self-awareness, the reflection, the desire to present oneself (facebook) and stereotypes are expressed and marked by different artistic techniques: drawing, painting, monotype, texts, photo cut-outs and papercuttings.

 
في أعمالهم  طرح ثلاثة فنانين من مدينة هامبورج الألمانية وهم غابرييلا جرونزي وتوماس كلينه وإلكا فوجلر،أسئلة حول أشكال الهوية وتعريفاتها.

هل الهوية منشأها الأسرة، أوالأمة، أو الثقافة، أوالدين، أواللغة أوالنوع؟
هل الهوية عملية تعلم حياتية مستمرة نتيجة للتفاعل والتواصل؟
هل من الممكن تجاوز هذه الحدود والتحرر منها (على المستوى الشخصي)؟ كيف أن تحذو حذوشخص آخر؟

يتم في هذا المعرض تناول سؤالا جوهاريا عن ماهية الأنا، وكذلك البحث عن الهوية والوعي الذاتي والتفكير والرغبة في إظهار الذات (الفيسبوك) وتشكيل الصور النمطية عن طريق اساليب فنية تشكلية مختلفة  الرسم والتصوير ومونوتيب والنصوص وأجزاء من الصور والورق.

The exhibition will run until November 17, 2011.

The essence of Yorgos's painting, before representing anything, offers some lines, colors and paper for our eyes to feast on.

At the same time the artist is in search of a composition that is reminiscent of musical composition. Such a precision in the positioning of the red, blue or black bands of paper, such obviousness in the appearance of a sign, a photograph, a face, can only come from a sensitive intention.

The checked pattern appearance of the papers could be reminiscent of a Mondrian's minimalist paintings, but the play with collages bring us back to a reordering (rationalization) of emotions and subtle sensations rather than to a deliberate attempt at abstraction.

In cooperation with the Greek Embassy in Cairo.

You are kindly invited to the following exhibitions:

  On Edge

New works by

Ahmed Askalany, Raquel Colón , Adel El Siwi, Amr Fekry, Essam Maarouf, Mohamed Monaiseer, Azza Mostafa, Qarm Qart and more

September 18, 2011 – Thursday 10 October, 2011

Opening, September 18 at 7 pm

Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art

8, Champollion St.

Downtown - Cairo

Egypt

Phone 02 25784494

Mobile 010 1704554

Opening hours: Daily except Friday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

www.mashrabiagallery.org

Other venues:

On the Move

Works by:

·         Georges Bahgory

·         Salah El Mur

·         Ibrahim El Haddad

·         Amre Heiba

·         Xavier Puigmarti

·         Hany Rashed

"On the move" is a group exhibition – the fourth one held at the UE Residence (and) organized by Mashrabia Gallery – which encompasses selected works from 6 very well-known Egyptian and foreign painters. Belonging to different generations, they show their artistic experiences through a wide range of styles and themes.

September 20, 2011 – October 15, 2011

Residence of the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Egypt

36, Mohamed Mazhar St.

Zamalek, Cairo

Opening hours:

3-6 pm, from Sunday to Thursday or by appointment

Phone 37494680 ext 112

We have the pleasure to invite you to attend the following exhibition:

Qarm Qart

IF ( Mixed media on paper)

June 5, 2011 – July 7, 2011

Opening, June 5 at 7 pm

What if we didn't take off the 'rayyes' pictures from the streets? If ‘the animal farm ’ mixes up with glitter, if photography embraces paillettes and reality moves into another galaxy where flowers are trees and freedom is air? If colors are deep and hide an inner image of yourself that becomes the hero of your own life?

If extravagance meets liberation and poetry involves laugh, you are ‘IF’. You are in Qarm Qart’s world.