Medhat Shafik

Gli spazi del mito, 2023

Gli spazi del mito, 2023
Technique: Tecnica mista su carta intelata
Dimension: 66 x 45 cm

Medhat Shafik combines in his work the impressions, colors, and original features of Eastern culture with the artistic languages of Western avant-gardes that resonate with his world. Since the early 1980s, his style has evolved to include distinctive traits: a dense expressive, physical, and material charge, alternating with a more meditative and spiritual dimension, where the space of the artwork expands and tends towards rarefaction. His concept of art involves a narrative of the self and personal memories, becoming part of humanity’s larger journey. Additionally, there is a need to integrate painting with materials recovered from lived experiences, creating a collage that becomes a metaphor for the layers of history. In his endless search for self and personal archaeology through the history of Egypt, Shafik ultimately tells the story of all humanity, conveying a universal message of tolerance and mutual understanding.

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€ 3.500,00

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Biography: Medhat Shafik was born in El Badari, Egypt, in 1956. Since 1976, he has lived and worked in Italy. He graduated in painting and set design from the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera. Starting in the 1980s, the artist successfully participated in many Italian and international art exhibitions. His consecration came in 1995 when the Egypt Pavilion, in which he was a key figure alongside two compatriots, was awarded the Golden Lion for Nations at the Venice Biennale. Other significant awards followed over the years, including the Nile Grand Prize at the IX Cairo International Biennale in 2003. Among his recent solo exhibitions: GAM in Verona in 2007; Fondazione Stelline in Milan in 2011; La Pilotta in Parma in 2012; Politecnico Bovisa in Milan in 2017; Macro Asilo in Rome in 2019.