arttalks | riham elsadany | fantasmagoria
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Born in 1978 in Cairo, Egypt, Riham El Sadany works and lives between Egypt and the USA. With a PhD from Helwan Fine Arts university on Performance Arts, El Sadany draws upon a diverse range of influences, including surrealism, Picasso’s childlike spontaneity, and Frida Kahlo’s transforming of pain and struggle into stunning canvasses. A mixed media artist, El Sadany indulges into a world of dramatic fantasy, masterly vacillating between the visible and the invisible of the complex human psyche. When looking at El Sadany’s entire body of work, one wonders whether she is a surrealist artist painting her dreams and fears, or whether she is simply painting our own reality as it really is and as she sees it. The women in El Sadany’s repertoire are the focal point. Though mostly bulky and muscular, they are tender, romantic and sensual. It is however the set up, rich in optical illusions and superimposed elements, that embark us on a medley of the real and the imagined.TRANSCRIPT
FANTASMAGORIA
Born in 1978 in Cairo, Egypt, Riham El Sadany works and lives between Egypt and the USA. With a PhD from Helwan Fine Arts university on Performance Arts, El Sadany draws upon a diverse range of influences, including surrealism, Picasso’s childlike spontaneity, and Frida Kahlo’s transforming of pain and struggle into stunning canvasses. A mixed media arNst, El Sadany indulges into a world of dramaNc fantasy, masterly vacillaNng between the visible and the invisible of the complex human psyche. When looking at El Sadany’s enNre body of work, one wonders whether she is a surrealist arNst painNng her dreams and fears, or whether she is simply painNng our own reality as it really is and as she sees it. The women in El Sadany’s repertoire are the focal point. Though mostly bulky and muscular, they are tender, romanNc and sensual. It is however the set up, rich in opNcal illusions and superimposed elements, that embark us on a medley of the real and the imagined; the disturbing and the comforNng; the known that we recognize and the unconscious that we try to escape from.
Phantasmagoria or fantasmagoria is Riham El Sadany’s world, your world, my world, where she defines and finds herself as a human being, a universal woman, in an imaginary real world.
Les Filles de joie Oil on Wood Dimensions: 120 x 100 cm Price: LE 33,000 REM-‐127
Flying Virgin Oil on wood Dimensions: 40 x 90cm Price: LE 20,000 REM-‐122
Caged Freedom Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 40 x 90cm Price: 17,000 LE REM-‐121
Private Discussion Oil on Wood Dimensions: 60 x 80cm Price: 15,000 LE REM-‐133
Law Of the Cat's Dinner Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 145 x 120cm Price: 33,000 LE REM-‐119 SOLD
Down Town Oil on wood Dimensions: 40 x 90cm Price: 17,000 LE REM-‐123
Nostalgia, 2013 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 41 x 63 cm Price: 12,000 LE REM-‐150
Insomnia Oil on wood Dimensions: 60 x 100 cm Price: 20,000 LE REM-‐129 SOLD
My Baby Mixed Media on Wood Dimensions: 80 x 70cm Oval shaped Price: 10,000 LE REM-‐128 SOLD
The Big Room Pulse Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 200 x 130cm Price: 80,000LE REM-‐139
Pop Me Up Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 108 x 63 cm Price: LE 17,000 REM-‐ 158
In Your Face Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 108 x 63 cm Price: LE 17,000 REM-‐ 159 SOLD
Twister Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 108 x 63 cm Price: LE 17,000 REM-‐ 160
Silent tear Oil on wood Dimensions: 70 x 100cm Price: 25,000 LE REM-‐124
Fishing in the Tub Oil on wood Dimensions: 70 x 100cm Price: 22,000 LE REM-‐124
Flamenco Dancer Oil on wood Dimensions: 60 x 80cm Price: 15,000 LE REM-‐141
The Red Armchair Oil on wood Dimensions: 60x80cm SOLD CollecNon of EgypNan Museum for Modern Art
Viking lady Dimensions: 70cm Mixed media Price: 22,000LE REM-‐130-‐1 The Black Pharaoh Price: 8,000LE REM-‐130-‐2
PainPng a New Life Oil on canvas Dimensions: 125 x 70cm Price: 100,000 LE REM-‐131
The Three White Girls Oil on wood Dimensions: 115 x 60cm Price: 17,000 LE REM-‐132
À la votre , 2013 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm Price: 7,000 LE REM-‐149
A vous, 2013 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 x 50 cm Price: 9,000LE REM 148
PercepPon Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 35 x 45cm Price: 5,000LE REM-‐134 SOLD
Red Omen, 2013 Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 71 x 50 cm Price: 8,000LE REM-‐151
Crystal Tear Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm Price: LE 15,000 REM-‐137
White Flower Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm Price: LE 15,000 REM-‐138
Miniature 1 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 11 x 17 cm Price: LE 1,000 REM-‐ 152
Miniature 2 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 13 x 21 cm Price: LE 1,200 REM-‐ 153
Miniature 3 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 14 x 20 cm Price: LE 1,200 REM-‐ 154
Miniature 4 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 14 x 21 cm Price: LE 1,200 REM-‐ 155
Miniature 5 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 12 x 17 cm Price: LE 1,000 REM-‐ 156
Miniature 6 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 18 x 24 cm Price: LE 1,200 REM-‐ 157
Miniature 7 Mixed media on paper Dimensions: 18 x 24 cm Price: LE 1,200 REM-‐ 161
Tête à Tête, 2008 Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 60 x 60 cm Price: LE 8,000 RES-‐102 SOLD
Laying down, 2008 Acrylic on wood Dimensions: 60 x 60 cm Price: LE 8,000 RES-‐103 SOLD
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ArtTalks is an educaNonal, advisory and exhibiNon space in Egypt in support of EgypNan Modern and Contemporary Visual Arts. Our two-‐fold objecNve is to be a forum for knowledge through providing art educaNonal seminars and a search engine for Egypt’s next generaNon of contemporary arNsts. Our commitment, as we struggle to find answers regarding our naNonal idenNty, is to protect unequivocally the freedom to create, to mentor and exhibit highly talented young arNsts and to expose art lovers to outstanding contemporary art from the Middle-‐East. Part of ArtTalks’ income is reinvested into an Art Fund “Hassala” with the objecNve of supporNng talented yet struggling arNsts and publishing books on selecNve late and living arNsts. Founder Fatenn Mostafa +201003838500 Gallery Director Cherine Chafik +201003838100 Gallery Assistant Aynoor Zeitoun +201004777717 Gallery Administrator Lisa Lounis +201003970141 Facebook Page: Art Talks Egypt www.issuu.com/ArtTalks
+2027363948 +201005550585 Founder Fatenn Mostafa +20105550585 Gallery Director Cherine Chafik +201003838100 Gallery Assistant Aynoor Zeitoun +201004777717 Gallery Administrator Lisa Lounis +201003970141 Facebook Page: Art Talks Egypt www.issuu.com/ArtTalks
ArtTalks is a Cairo-‐based exhibiNon and educaNonal space that represents EgypNan and various Middle-‐Eastern arNsts. Founded in 2012 with a challenging and innovaNve program of shows and art educaNonal seminars, ArtTalks aims to be a highly selecNve search engine for Egypt’s next generaNon of contemporary arNsts and a forum for knowledge. In addiNon, the gallery has specialized in offering high quality secondary market works by twenNeth century EgypNan masters as well as many of the most important arNsts working today. Founded by Fatenn Mostafa, former CEO of Gianaclis Vineyards for
Beverages and a collector of Middle-‐Eastern art, the gallery is commiied to nurturing its arNsts and providing an accessible monthly educaNonal plajorm on art history and collecNng to art lovers. Half of our income goes into an Art Fund that we manage and spend on supporNng some of the young struggling arNsts we believe in as well as publishing books on selecNve arNsts. Founder Fatenn Mostafa +201003838500 Gallery Director Cherine Chafik +201003838100 Gallery Assistant Aynoor Zeitoun +201004777717 Gallery Administrator Lisa Lounis +201003970141 [email protected] www.arialks.com Facebook Page: Art Talks Egypt www.issuu.com/ArtTalks +20227363948