Hala Elkoussy
Hala Elkoussy was born 1974 BirthCairo, Egypt.
Lives and works in HomeAmsterdam and Cairo.
Categories: Photography Istanbul Biennial Sharjah Biennale
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BijlmAIR: Soap Stories Hala Elkoussy is currently resident of BijlmAIR, the artist-in-residence project in the Bijlmer district of Amsterdam run by CBK Zuidoost in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam. For the working period of four months, Elkoussy proposed to develop a project ?inspired by the format of the British television soap that features unglamorous open-ended narratives, focusing on life in certain geographical locations…
Frauen im Orient – Frauen im Okzident
In (RE)CONSTRUCTION the Egyptian photographer Hala Elkoussy focuses on the tension between photography and reality. At first sight her photographs capture familiar moments from everyday life in Cairo, but in reality they have been staged…
The video essay, Peripheral Stories, is comprised of textual and sound material drawn from testimonials, media reports and popular cultural products used to puncture the dream-like quality of the visual imagery, anchoring it to the reality of daily existences…
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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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