hossam dirar
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HossamDirarAbstractAr)stEgypt/Spain
PresentedByYuliaMozheyko+1(310)658-6246/[email protected]
ArKstBio:HossamDirarisanEgypKancontemporaryarKst
basedinCairo,heworkswithpainKng,video,soundandinstallaKonart,todelveintoquesKonsonculturalidenKty,genderrolesandtodiscusssocioeconomicandpoliKcalideas.DirarusesrecognizablemoKfs,historicandculturalsymbols,inamodernizedcontexttodrawcomparisonsandcommentoneventsunfoldingaroundhimintheArabregion.Dirar’sworkinpainKngisrefinedandtakesmoreofaclassicapproach,usingoilpaintinexpressivestrokesandwarmcolorstodepictwomenintheirfemininepower.Withsound,DirarusesamixofindustrialandelectronicsoundswithmoretradiKonalMiddleEasterninstruments.Withallmediums,Dirara[emptstofindlinksbetweenhumansregardlessoftheirnaKonality,raceorgenderandthroughhisartdemysKfiesandbringtotheforefrontcommonideasandhumanaspiraKons.
ArKstStatement:
MyworkexploresKeswithcultureandidenKtyacrossKmeand
borders,throughmytravelsIamexposedtoculturesashistoricallyrichasmyownculturebackhomeinEgypt,IbelievethatthereisalargerhumanculturethatexistsregardlessofnaKonstatesandthatwascompositedbymenandwomentravelingtheworldandsharingideasandknowledge.
TheideaofmigraKonandbordersisatopicIhaveworkedwithbefore,verydirectlyearlierthisyear,withmysoloexhibiKonwaiKngtoleave,whichdelvedintothepost-revoluKonmigraKonsbyEgypKansandyouthinparKcular,a_eracompletelossofhopeintheirfutures.Myownworkfindslinksbetweencultures,highlightsthecrossoverofideaandtradiKonthatcomesfromtheconstantstateofmigraKonintheMediterraneanregion.IusesymbolsandmoKfsfoundinancientandfolklorichistoriesoftheregiontodiscusscontemporaryissues.
SOLOEXHIBITIONS
2016-WaiKngtoLeave,El-GeziraArtCenter.Cairo,Egypt.2015-InvitaKonauvoyage,ArtTalks,Cairo,Egypt.2014-AVibrant,UrbaneArtGallery,Edinburgh,UK.-BeautyandtheBeastArtTalksGallery,Cairo,Egypt.-AwaiKng,AlbarehGallery,Bahrain.2013-LotusRevoluKon,(2013EuropeanCapitalofCulture),Kosice,Slovekia
2012-OnceUponaTimeCairoOperaHouse,Cairo,Egypt-WeNeedNewOxygenSaadZaghloulCulturalCenter,Cairo,Egypt-LotusRevoluKonAnniversaryTheEgypKanAcademy,Rome,Italy-TheLotusRevoluKon,TheEgypKanCulturalInsKtute,Paris,France2011-Wad3MoshtarakElSawyCulturewheel,Cairo,Egypt-LotusRevoluKon2011,TouringExhibiKonVienna,BraKslava,Prague,Budapest,Kecskemét, Maribor,Graz -ToEgyptwithLoveIISafarkhanGallery,Cairo,Egypt -ToEgyptwithLoveinViennaPalaisPorcia,Vienna,Austria-ToEgyptwithLoveSafarkhanGallery,Cairo,Egypt
2010-Chaos,HanfaninhaGallery,Cairo,Egypt
GROUPEXHIBITIONS2016-CairotronicaSymposiumofElectronicandNewMediaarts,Cairo,Egypt.-LogInExhibiKon,Darb1718ContemporaryartandCultureCenter,Cairo,Egypt-35x35ArtProject,CopelouzosFamilyArtMuseum,Athens,Greece2015-AustrianCulturalForumCairo,Egypt.-Olla,InstallaKonArtThe35thAnnualGeneralExhibiKon,CairoOperaHouse,
Cairo,Egypt2013-Arts-Mart'sExhibiKonTheFourSeasonsNilePlaza,Cairo,Egypt-Division,InstallaKonArtthe35thAnnualGeneralExhibiKon,CairoOpera
House,Cairo,Egypt-ArtsforPeaceandFreedom,Darb1718ContemporaryArtCultureCentre,
Cairo,Egypt
2012-The34thAnnualGeneralExhibiKonPalaceofArts,CairoOperaHouse,Cairo,Egypt
-36thSalonofYouth,CenterofArt,Cairo,Egypt.
2011-TutankhamunFesKvalTheFesKvalofEgypKanCulture,Frankfurt,Germany-FreedomtoCreatePhotographyExhibiKonCapeTown,SouthAfrica-35thSalonofYouth,CenterofArt,Cairo,Egypt.
WORKSHOPS
2015-InternaKonalArtSymposiumMalaga,Spain.2014-9thinternaKonalartSymposiumAtelieranderDonau,Austria2013-INTERNATIONALARTDAYSÖLÜDENİZFethiye,Turkey
GRANTS2015-SalzburginternaKonalAcademyofFineArtsCoursewithArKst: VARDACAIVANO
RESIDENCIES
2015 -IndependentResidencyinZurich,Switzerlandfor1week -IndependentResidencyinBern,Switzerlandfor1week2016 -KoumarisResidencyGreece
TheWorks
ILovetheLife
OilonCanvas
51.6Hx50Wx1.6in
ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.Thecolors&
composiKoncapturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywomanregardlessofher
awarenessofit,capKvaKngtheurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilent
emoKons.
OutoftheTime
OilonCanvas
37.4Hx47.2Wx1.6in
ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.The
colors&composiKoncapturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywomanregardlessof
herawarenessofit,capKvaKngtheurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilent
emoKons.
CurrentlyVenus
OilonCanvas
51.2Hx51.2Wx1.6in
ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.Thecolors&composiKon
capturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywoman
regardlessofherawarenessofit,capKvaKng
theurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilentemoKons.
Alone
OilonCanvas
53.9Hx48.8Wx1.6in
ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.Thecolors&
composiKoncapturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywomanregardlessofherawarenessofit,capKvaKng
theurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilentemoKons.
WithmyBic
OilonCanvas
39.8Hx39.8Wx1.6in
Iwanttocreateanimaginaryworldtoliberatethemindand
uses,symbolicallyandfiguraKvely,atwo-wheelride,
averymuchenvoguetransportaKonmeansinour
busKngcitythesedays.Theartofchoosinganobject,the
bicycle,istorevealatemporaryworldoffreedom,aninvitaKontomeetfurthestawayfrompoliKcs,wars,
injusKcesandviolence,andtoreachanunknowndesKnaKon
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