Telematch and Other Stories
Barakat Contemporary•Feb 28, 2025 — Apr 27, 2025
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Barakat Contemporary is pleased to present Wael Shawky’s (b. 1971, Egypt) second solo exhibition at the gallery, on view from February 28 to April 27, 2025.
Wael Shawky has established a distinctive narrative world that blurs the lines between reality and fiction through a diverse range of media, including video and film, drawings, paintings, and installation. His practice, which reinterprets traditional historical narratives, encapsulates concepts of artistic, religious, and transnational identity, grounded in extensive research on history and mythology.
Shawky is widely recognized as one of the most significant contemporary artists from the Middle East, renowned for works such as the Cabaret Crusades trilogy (2010–2015), which reenacts the history of the medieval Crusades from an Arab perspective using marionettes; the Al Araba Al Madfuna trilogy (2012–2016), which reimagines myths through performances by child actors; and Drama 1882...More
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Telematch and Other Stories
Barakat Contemporary•Feb 28, 2025 — Apr 27, 2025
Press Release
Barakat Contemporary is pleased to present Wael Shawky’s (b. 1971, Egypt) second solo exhibition at the gallery, on view from February 28 to April 27, 2025.
Wael Shawky has established a distinctive narrative world that blurs the lines between reality and fiction through a diverse range of media, including video and film, drawings, paintings, and installation. His practice, which reinterprets traditional historical narratives, encapsulates concepts of artistic, religious, and transnational identity, grounded in extensive research on history and mythology.
Shawky is widely recognized as one of the most significant contemporary artists from the Middle East, renowned for works such as the Cabaret Crusades trilogy (2010–2015), which reenacts the history of the medieval Crusades from an Arab perspective using marionettes; the Al Araba Al Madfuna trilogy (2012–2016), which reimagines myths through performances by child actors; and Drama 1882...More
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