Riham El Sadany | Catalgoue
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ArtTalks!is!an!educa*onal,!advisory! and! exhibi*on! space!in! Cairo,! Egypt! in! support! of!E g y p * a n! M o d e r n! a n d!Contemporary! Visual! Arts.!We!a im! to! be! a! forum! for!knowledge!and!a!search!engine!for! the! next! genera*on! of!c o n t e m p o r a r y! a r * s t s .!!
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Though&I&achieved&the&highest&academic°rees,&I&found&out&that&the&only&way&I&can&express&and&communicate&with&what&I&sense&and&see&is&when&I&paint.&&&&Riham&El&Sadany&
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RIHAM#EL#SADANY#
Born#in#1978#in#Cairo,#Egypt,#
Riham#El#Sadany#works#and#
lives#between##Egypt#and#the#
USA.##
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With#a#PhD#from#Helwan#Fine#Arts#university#on#Performance#
Arts,#El#Sadany#draws#upon#a#
diverse#range#of#influences,#
including#surrealism,#Picasso’s#
childlike#spontaneity,#and#Frida#
Kahlo’s#transforming#of#pain#
and#struggle#into#stunning#
canvasses.##
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A#mixed#media#ar<st,#El#Sadany#
indulges#into#a#world#of#
drama<c#fantasy,#masterly#
vacilla<ng#between#the#visible#
and#the#invisible#of#the#
complex#human#psyche.#When#
looking#at#El#Sadany’s#en<re#
body#of#work,#one#wonders#
whether#she#is#a#surrealist#
ar<st#pain<ng#her#dreams#and#
fears,#or#whether#she#is#simply#
pain<ng#our#own#reality#as#it#
really#is#and#as#she#sees#it.##
The#women#in#El#Sadany’s#repertoire#are#the#focal#point.#
Though#mostly#bulky#and#
muscular,#they#are#tender,#
roman<c#and#sensual.#It#is#
however#the#set#up,#rich#in#
op<cal#illusions#and#
superimposed#elements,#that#
embark#us#on#a#medley#of#the#
real#and#the#imagined;#the#
disturbing#and#the#comfor<ng;#
the#known#that#we#recognize#
and#the#unconscious#that#we#
try#to#escape#from.###
Phantasmagoria#or#fantasmagoria#
is#Riham#El#Sadany’s#world,#your#
world,#my#world,#where#she#
defines#and#finds#herself#as#a#
human#being,#a#universal#woman,#
in#an#imaginary#real#world.##
Law&Of&the&Cat's&Dinner&#Acrylic!on!wood!
Dimensions:!145!x!120cm!
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The&Big&Room&Pulse#Acrylic!on!wood!
Dimensions:!200!x!130cm!
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Filles&de&Joie#Oil!on!Wood!!
Dimensions:!120x100cm!
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Nostalgia#Oil!on!Wood!!
Dimensions:!41!x!63cm!
Flying&Virgin Oil!on!wood!!Dimensions:!40!x!90cm!!
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Down&Town#Oil!on!wood!!
Dimensions:!40!x!90cm!!
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