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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Khaled Zaki, Dreamer, 2023
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Khaled Zaki, Dreamer, 2023

Khaled Zaki Egyptian, b. 1964

Dreamer, 2023
Lying lady
White Carrara Marble
45 x 58 x 43 cm
17 3/4 x 22 7/8 x 16 7/8 in
Copyright The Artist
$ 60,000.00

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160kg
160kg

Exhibitions

In the exhibition, the artist seeks to capture the essence of his subjects with minimal formal elements, while retaining the integrity of pure white marble. This ethereal colouring suggests a blank canvas from which we may rebuild and start afresh. Each of the sculptures consists of separate marble components arranged in varying compositions to represent figures in states of fear, defensiveness or repose. The resulting works seem simultaneously modern and ancient, seeking to elicit a diverse emotional response born from the artist’s investigation of the infinite possibilities of the natural form.

Inspired by the fragments of buildings and shrapnel littering the streets in the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the Egyptian protests of 2013 as well as the ongoing unsettlement across the region, the artist attempts to symbolically rebuild crumbled societies; to restore order and shape a better future. This is encompassed by the titular concept of rebirth.

Literature

These marble works explore the relationship between form and material in the context of geopolitical unrest in the Middle Eastern region and reflect Khaled’s aspirations for a brighter, more hopeful future.
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