Basim Magdy
One Eye was a Diamond, the Other was a Crystal Ball. Everyone Saw the Future in her Eyes
2019
€2083,33
C-Print from chemically altered slide on metallic paper
55 × 39 cm
Edition of 10 copies, signed and numbered by the artist on certificate
In stock
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Basim Magdy’s work encompasses photography, video, sculpture and installation. This is one of a number of photographs that came out of a sudden interest in human eyes and how much they communicate about our personalities and emotions. The roll of film the image was shot on was pickled in acidic household chemicals for a calculated period of time, resulting in a dominant blue colour.
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Basim Magdy’s films, photographs and paintings stage liminal spaces that make problematic the rigid structures of historical representations. Rather than a nostalgic gazing back in time, Magdy’s works propose a reassessment of our possible futures through a questioning of established readings of the past.
By underlining our daily conscious or unconscious forms engagement with historical discourses, his work points out our participation in the construction of collective readings of the past and projections for the future, therefore signaling our ability to participate in the shaping of the present.
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Basim Magdy has had solo exhibitions at venues such as MAXXI, Rome; Jeu de Paume, Paris; CAPC, Bordeaux and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Z33 Hasselt; The Green Parrot, Barcelona; Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Roubaix; and participated in group exhibitions at, among others, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; National Gallery, Prague; and MoMA, New York.
He was also part of international exhibitions such as Surround Audience: 2015 New Museum Triennial, New York; the 13th Istanbul Biennial; the Sharjah Biennial 11, UAE,; La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Transmediale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Magdy was shortlisted for the second edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre in 2012 and is the winner of Abraaj Art Prize, Dubai and the New:Vision Award, CPH:DOX Film Festival, Copenhagen in 2014. Magdy is also the recipient of the 2016 Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year award.
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