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region. The work of more than 120 Arab artists will be featured
as part of the international event
, which is organised by a group of independent artists, curators, critics and collectors, all from various Arab nations.
Look through the gallery above to see examples of a few works that will be on display.
The three-day show
, which will run until Sunday at the Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo hotel, is considered to be one of the largest art events in Egypt
. While last year’s iteration was held only a few days before the pandemic was declared, this year organisers had to go to great lengths to implement
Painted faces that are more than portraits
Friday January 22 2021
Hellmuth Rossler-Musch, founder-curator of Red Hill Gallery with mabati tapestry by Justus Kyalo behind. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By MARGARETTA WA GACHERU
Summary
Red Hill Art Gallery’s chief curator and gallery owner Hellmuth Rossler-Musch is not modest to suggest his art space has a lot in common with a museum.
What makes a museum different from an art gallery is that the former is for public viewing of art that has no price tag attached, while a gallery is commercial, meaning the art on show is invariably for sale.
Red Hill Art Gallery’s chief curator and gallery owner Hellmuth Rossler-Musch is not modest to suggest his art space has a lot in common with a museum.
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The Cairene multidisciplinary artist has described himself as “much concerned with the changing perceptions and the state of continual metamorphosis that Egypt, as an African, Arab, and Middle Eastern country that was colonized and liberated, has witnessed in the last three decades.” In his paintings, such as this one, he is “obsessed by human movement and the quest for freedom,” and uses bold colors and impressionist techniques to imply that movement.
HAKIM ALAKEL
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The 55-year-old artist is one of the most significant figures in Yemen’s art scene and his paintings have sold around the world particularly to fans of Art Nouveau work. His art is inspired by city life in Yemen before the civil war, depicting simple, colorful urban scenes often featuring female residents. “These cities, and their inhabitants, form a primary reference for my work… the clothing, the weather, the nature and the environment,” Alakel is quoted as saying on sy
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This 2020 painting is typical of Zidan’s exuberant, colorful and loving portrayal of the female form (her Master’s degree was on “Human Anatomy for Artists”). The 30-year-old Egyptian artist began depicting plus-size women as a response to the “unrealistic beauty standards” of Instagram, she once told Cairo West magazine. “The most important point is that I portrayed them feeling happy and satisfied. I want every woman to feel accepted and confident about how she looks.” In another interview, with Executive Woman magazine, she said: “We aren’t supposed to look alike. Everyone is different, and every woman is enough the way she is.”