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Youssef Nabil was selected to be featured in the Africa Present: INVEST section.
Natacha Fume le Narguilé, Natacha Atlas, Cairo is a striking hand-colored gelatin silver print by Egyptian artist Youssef Nabil. In this glamorous and captivating photo, the artist depicts Natacha with a hookah. This image typifies Nabil’s love of and penchant for the dazzling and glamorous cinematographic heritage of his homeland–Egypt. Growing up in cinematic Cairo, he was intoxicated with the golden age of its stars. His works draw inspiration from his childhood memories of black and white films filled with elegance and melodrama. In an attempt to idolize and immortalize the stars of Egypt, Nabil creates an imaginary reality that reflects the richness of Middle Eastern culture as well as the fantasies and flamboyance of Egyptian cinema.
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David Zwirner opens an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCracken
Installation view, William Eggleston and John McCracken: True Stories, David Zwirner, New York, March 9 April 24, 2021. Courtesy David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY
.-David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCrackenthe first time these two iconic American artists have been featured together. On view at the gallerys East 69th Street location in New York, True Stories places Eggleston and McCracken into dialogue around their expressive use of color and light, and their distinct versions of American vernacular culture.
Born within five years of one anotherMcCracken in Berkeley, California, in 1934, and Eggleston in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1939the two artists came of age outside of the dominant centers of the art world, internalizing the spaces and light of the American West and South. Working in sculpture and photography, respectively, each would go on to
Originally planned for last summer, but put on hold due to the pandemic, Feast for the Eyes is the North Vancouver gallery’s newest exhibit. Divided into three parts, the show has photographs depicting food in all possible forms from the late 19th century to the present.
“The conditions under which people are viewing the show have certainly changed,” said Shier. “I think it kind of lands at a time when people have spent a lot of time inside, a lot of time thinking about what goes on their table and how that happens.”
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