Exhibition: We are the end of the world
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Jun 20–Jul 7, 2013
Supported by:
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy [Culture Resource]
Website: http://artellewa.com/mohamed-el-masry/


We are the end of the world


Mohamed El Masry

 

Exhibition: Thursday 20 June – Sunday 7 July, 5:00 – 10:00pm (Only Thursdays,Fridays,Saturdays & Sundays)

 

Many say the end of the world is close and it will be because one of the natural phenomena or cosmic disaster. Truth we are the end of the world during the last 100 years the world has witnessed many great wars and ethnic cleansing significantly of violence and cruelty The human destroy himself destroys civilization destroys human creativity everywhere we destroy civilization known and not allow human existence. The project addresses images of armed conflicts and incidents of ethnic cleansing from multiple places and different dates over the last 100 years I recorded the humanity moments, the death moments and the Conquering civilization & Change all the victims’ personalities with fresh red flowers. There is no significance to the sex or the type or location of the event all partners in pain in all the time and place red flower die, and we stand at different distances and not do enough effort in maintaining civilization and humanity.

Mohamed El Masry: Based in Cairo, Egyptian artist and photographer Mohamed El Masry has received a bachelor’s degree from Art Education College, Helwan University, 2004. He studied intensive programs on visual arts and their social role, and how to employ arts to serve the society, correct behaviors, and practice social guidance. He has also received a diploma in photography and painting from Helwan University in 2006. He participated in a number of biennales and cultural festivals from 2000 to 2013 in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, China, Indonesia, India, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Italy. He has won several awards, most importantly The Golden Medal for Arts in Beijing Olympics in 2008, The Olympic Torch of the winter Olympics in Toronto in 2006, and The Memorial Medal of Mallorca City-Bosnia.