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Art News:
Save the date-MAY 28th - "THE LION" by MOHAMED ABOU EL NAGA from EGYPT at ADC Contemporary Art Gallery
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ADC Contemporary Art Gallery invite you to the Opening Reception on MAY 28th-7pm of "THE LION" a solo exhibition by MOHAMED ABOU EL NAGA from CAIRO EGYPT
This exhibition shows two related phases: the lion before the revolution with video, photos, calligraphy, and a compilation of images and songs from Cairo, Egypt, during the recent revolution.
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Los Angeles, CA- ADC Contemporary Art Gallery sponsored by Turkish Airlines presents "The Lion" an amazing exhibit from Egypt, Cairo by the artist Mohamed Abouelnaga.
The exhibition will run from May 28th to June. Opening Reception May 28th. 7 pm. with the artist .
The concept of "The Lion", the main protagonist of this installation, was conceived in 2008 to convey the artist's feeling of being locked inside a narrow cage and enshrouded in scrolls like a mummy.
These were feelings of frustration, sadness, and loneliness.
When the lion, king of the jungle, the bravest animal, is slavishly locked inside a cage, his eyes still shine, craving for freedom.
The Lion installation not only reflects a personal vision, but symbolizes the common experience of the people of Egypt, their desire for freedom and their dreams of a better future.
The artist could never imagine that, two years after the presentation of this installation, the lion would really break out of the cage to fight for freedom. His spirit and courage exploded during the recent revolution Egypt, carried out by young and old people alike.
Don't miss the opportunity to meet the artist , Turkish Airlines make this possible and visit a very powerful exhibition.
ADC Contemporary Art Gallery
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The Lion has always carried a strong symbolic value in their culture: in books, in folk songs, as well as in liberal and patriotic
songs.
Some tribes took the name of lions, such as Beni Assad and Ghadanfar. For our culture, the image of the lion represents
fearlessness and valiancy. "Be a lion", so that all animals would fear you.
Mixing two images that carry a strong symbolic value in Egyptian culture, the artist visualizes a lion bounded up like a
mummy, one that will resurrect. Constrained by wires, his faced masked, the image of the lion juxtaposes powerful sacred
and religious meanings, including those related to Horus, the guardian of heaven, or Anobis, the guardian of the dead.
The lion is the artist's childhood idol, which developed within his inner self.
It never crossed his mind that he would be able to live in such a moment of opposition between the "self-lion" that inhabits
his imagination, and the other lion that belongs to the popular imaginary.
A defeated lion in its cage, lonely and submissive; a body with no hope,
yawning lazily like a sleepy cat. However, one can catch a glimpse of the fear generated by a history of oppression and lack
of opportunities, a feeling that can startle those who stare into it. A profound gaze that looks into the future, searching for a
new life. A life that, nonetheless, is still frightful and unknown.
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The artist could never imagine that, two years after the presentation of this installation, the lion would really break out of the
cage to fight for freedom. His spirit and courage exploded during the recent revolution Egypt, carried out by young and old
people alike.
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Born in the Egyptian city of Tanta, Abouelnaga studied art and received his PhD in art philosophy in 1997. He was the first
Middle Eastern artist to receive a grant from the Japan Foundation to study the arts of papermaking. In the past two
decades, Abouelnaga made several solo shows in Egypt and around the world that varied between painting, video and
installation. He also represented Egypt in the Venice Biennale 2002 and received the First Prize of the Alexandria Biennial in
2001. In 2009, he was assigned to become the curator of the 25th Alexandria Biennial for Mediterranean Countries that will
open December 17, 2009.
RSVP for MAY 28th: 323-839-5786 or adcgallery@gmail.com OR CLICK HERE !
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ADC Contemporary Art Gallery (Artdecollectors Gallery)
Factory Place Art Complex
1330 Factory Place BUILDING I
Arts District, Downtown
Los Angeles, California, USA 90013
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ADC Contemporary Art Gallery is now located
in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles at the
FACTORY PLACE ART COMPLEX in the Arts
District. The
Gallery established in 2005, is dedicated to
the promotion of national and international
contemporary artists, providing quality and
original art for established and emerging
collectors as well as a variety of
International Art Exchanges, art residences
and workshops programs for artists.
Regular Hours: Tuesday to Friday from
10:30am to 6pm.
Saturdays -
12:00 noon to 6:30pm.
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