Khaled Hafez
Khaled Hafez was born 1963 BirthCairo, Egypt.
Lives and works in HomeCairo.
Categories: Painting Drawing Singapore Biennale
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It is a form of Pop Art, yes, that relies on both evocation and distortion. I am interested mainly in present-day icons of the three received taboos: sex, religion and politics. These are then presented in such a way as to question and play with their meanings…
In his paintings Egyptian artist Khaled Hafez pastes contemporary commercial imagery on a painterly stage to heighten the quarrel of abstraction versus figuration…
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Mighty Hands Of Gemmis
Since September 11, 2001 I have been continuously collecting and using stock images of social and political nature in my mixed media works; images of riots, confrontations, masses in fury, images of combat, war, personal pictures of “terrorists” and those of “simple” people of North African and Middle Eastern features…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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