Wael Shawky

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Wael Shawky ( Arabic وائل شوقي, DMG Wāʾil Šawqī ; * 1971 in Alexandria ) is an Egyptian video artist .

life and work

Wael Shawky studied Fine Arts at the University of Alexandria and received his Masters from the University of Pennsylvania . In 2010 Shawky founded the MASS Alexandria education center . In 2011 he was awarded the Schering Foundation Art Prize.

“His Telematch series (2007–2009) refers to a German television program from the 1970s in which people from two cities competed in different games, with the added difficulty of having to wear different costumes. The idea of ​​a struggle between two camps, the sole purpose of which is the amusement of a third party, forms the starting point for a series of works that examine complex relationships (between the sexes and religious, political, social and cultural) on different levels. " Telematch Sadat (2007) is a film from the series.

In Cabaret Crusades is the main work Shawkys. The trilogy consists of the films The Horror Show File (2010) , The Path to Cairo (2012) and The Secrets of Karbala (2015) . As a source for the Cabaret Crusades trilogy , he uses the book The Holy War of the Barbarians: The Crusades from the View of the Arabs by Amin Maalouf . In his films, Shawky uses hand-made puppets to make the events of the 11th and 12th centuries visible. The marionettes are made of Murano glass , speak Arabic, wear lavish oriental clothing, embroidered capes, velvet hip corsets or metal armor. The locations of the filmed puppet theater include Damascus , Mosul , Jerusalem and Aleppo .

Wael Shawky's work can be seen in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Shawky was a participant in the Venice Biennale in 2003 , the Istanbul Biennale in 2011 and dOCUMENTA in 2012 (13) .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Forum Video Zone: Wael Shawky - Cabaret Crusades accessed on February 19, 2019
  2. ↑ Schering Stiftung Art Prize Wael Shawky accessed on February 19, 2019
  3. ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 174, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
  4. ↑ Aros Wael Shawky - The Crusades and Current Stories, accessed on February 19, 2019
  5. ↑ Kulturstiftung des Bundes Wael Shawky exhibition at K20 in Düsseldorf, accessed on February 19, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Shawky, Wael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian video artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria