“The electrons and their crazy moves. The behavior of mysterious electrons and outer space. The picture changes depending on the type of observer. Humanity and its relations are simple points, relative to each other as an inverse image of outer space. All the time, humanity sends hopes as messages to the Creator. We live in illusions or mere fantasies; where the appearance of anything could be anything else.”
In his second solo show at the Gallery, Yasser Nabaiel presents ODds, a series of eight oil on canvas paintings to depict psychological torment. Using his notorious drawing style based on the scientific Baconian-method, Nabaiel investigates the increasingly complex base of human knowledge and argues that our only hope lies in consistently starting fresh. As he creates layers of meanings to describe the human psychology influenced by the perception of the exterior world, Nabaiel tells the story of our confinement or imprisonment, in innumerable chains of probabilities and possibilities. He believes that life is composed of millions of dimensions. To an awakened mind, everyday life can never be dull or repetitious because infinity exists in all things, defying the odds of conventionality or submission. By freeing the mind and challenging the soul, one can overcome any obstacle and master himself.
Yasser Nabaiel was born in Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt, in 1970. He lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland and holds a BFA (1994) and an MFA (1999) in Oil Painting and Drawing with highest Honors from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan. His award-winning graduation project tackled soldiers’ breaks during wars, while his thesis revolved around Beliefs and Reality in Pharaonic and Soviet Paintings. He has participated in several Youth Salons and General Salons through the Ministry of Culture in Egypt, besides exhibiting in many European cities.
“The electrons and their crazy moves. The behavior of mysterious electrons and outer space. The picture changes depending on the type of observer. Humanity and its relations are simple points, relative to each other as an inverse image of outer space. All the time, humanity sends hopes as messages to the Creator. We live in […]
ArtTalks is proud to present People You May Know, the first solo exhibition of Walid EBEID at the Gallery. The controversial and provocative paintings of Walid Ebeid range from poignant studies of the female figure to People We May Know in the Egyptian society. Notorious for tackling difficult issues like sexuality, immigration, politics and oppression, Walid Ebeid brings attention […]
What do an apple, a loaf of bread and a bullet have in common? Mohamed Riad Saied: one of Egypt’s most distinguished late artists and certainly, Egypt’s surrealist painter by excellence during the second half of the twentieth century. Highly imaginative and classically inspired, Mohamed Saied Riad (1937 – 2008) is best known for striking […]
ArtTalks is proud to present ‘From Still to Life’, Rostom’s second solo exhibition at the Gallery. Rostom presents thirty drawings, where he blends Western ballet with oriental moments. Along the way, he invented a surreal or maybe an insane world, where extravagant belly dancers, Bedouins in their galabeyas dancing to the rhythm of their wooden […]
Sometimes we are forced to exile to heal and repress our wishes for the sake of tranquility but the rift imposed between a human being and a native place, between the self and the soul-mate is sadness and exile that only be surmounted with hope which is the drive to fight estrangement.
ArtTalks is proud to present Van Gogh is Innocent, an homage to Mohsen Shaalan, the late artist and former Head of the Fine Arts Sector, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 63. Van Gogh is Innocent brings to light Shaalan’s poignant experience in prison following his presumed involvement in the 2010 theft […]
once in a long while, you stumble upon a treasure trove – a pile of stunning works on paper that you are afraid to touch, damage, or stain.
as you glance through the trove, drawing after drawing, all you see or better yet feel, is eternity, infinity, peace. you stop. go back. stare some more. you seek to understand.
Discovering Ghaleb Khater:
in search of a forgotten painter chasing justice
“I have tried to depict the problems of our country, which faces the whole world, in the hope that finally for my country a solution would be found, and that people’s lives would therefore become more bearable and full of will.”
ArtTalks is proud to present As Time Goes By / Wa Daret el Ayyam, the fourth solo exhibition by Guirguis Lotfy at the gallery.
Inspired by a song by the Nightingale of the Nile (aka Om Kolthoum), the exhibition is an homage to love, its beauties and pains. A passionate Egyptian patriot, Guirguis Lofty uses his canvas to pay tribute to the extraordinary feeling of giving. A prolific painter, he is able to evoke visual ‘tarab’ and raw emotions.
ArtTalks is delighted to present Raas Baladi M’aa Asal Eswed, the first solo exhibit by Mohamed Taman at the gallery. Raas Baladi M’aa Asal Eswed literally means ‘Belly Dancing with Black Honey’. A pun on popular Arabic expressions, very colloquial Egyptian-Arabic in fact, the exhibition, as much as the unique painting technique, challenges first impressions and calls on the viewer […]