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Histories of Now
dal 17/1/2012 al 16/3/2012
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Brooke Daniels



 
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17/1/2012

Histories of Now

Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery, Boston

Six Artists from Cairo. Opening during the one year anniversary of the first mass protests in Tahrir Square, the exhibition brings together work by some of the most inspiring and influential video and new media artists working in Egypt today. The artists presenting six contrasting visions, united only by context, creative discipline and geographic proximity.


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Opening during the one year anniversary of the first mass protests in Tahrir Square, "Histories of Now: Six Artists from Cairo" brings together work by some of the most inspiring and influential video and new media artists working in Egypt today, including a multi-channel video installation by the late Ahmed Basiony featured in the Egyptian Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennale.

This exhibition is an intimate investigation of the complex social framework and collective formal engagements currently being explored by Egyptian artists. With many of these artists exhibiting in the northeast region of the United States for the first time, "Histories of Now" introduces viewers to the diversity of voices, concerns and approaches—both material and conceptual—found in today's Cairo; six artists presenting six contrasting visions, united only by context, creative discipline and geographic proximity.

Artists: Mohamed Abla, Ahmed Basiony, Hala Elkoussy, Shady El Noshokaty, Sabah Naim, Moataz Nasr
Among the works on view in the exhibition is 30 Days of Running in the Place (2011), a three-channel video installation by Egyptian-born Ahmed Basiony (1978–2011), who was killed in the violent uprising in Tahrir Square in January 2011.

Organized by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA)
The Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery is a state-of-the-art exhibition space that hosts exhibitions of work by artists of international stature as well as work by current students and alumni.

Image: Sabah Naim, People of the City, 2007. Video. 15 minutes.

For more information about the artists and related events, visit the web site.

Press inquiries, contact Brooke Daniels bdaniels@smfa.edu

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