Discovering Visions Within a Trapped Memory
A Solo Exhibition by Essam Marouf
17 March – 20 April 2014
Dubai-
UAE: March 17
will mark the highly anticipated opening at Gallery Ward showcasing the works
of the highly talented and influential Egyptian artist Essam Marouf. Back by
popular demand at Gallery Ward, Marouf’s unique style impressed art
aficionados when his work was first showcased last year. His upcoming solo
exhibition will continue to challenge the mind, embarking on a journey into his
subconscious to discover these visions trapped within.
In
his show, Marouf has found a way to recall some of the most persistent and
pivotal recollections trapped in his memory. These are sometimes of people with
faces filled with energy, others haunted by an unknown, or filled with gazes of
hope, or even lost in the obscurity of tomorrow.
Through
this exhibition, the curator brings forth the idea that we could find all of
these conflicting impressions in Marouf’s pieces, denoting the artist’s
extreme sensitivity and perception in portraying all of those varied emotions.
His characters may not be known to all of us in real life, but we sense their
closeness when we meet them. We feel that they live in some corner of life, and
they might even remind us of people we met in our own journey.
They
are grouped together in many of his pieces, but are sometimes solitary in the
space of the portrait, compelling one’s total attention and wonder, and lacing
a connection between one’s own mood and the meaning that the artist is
presenting.
Essam
Ma’rouf’s characters are familiar to us; we have seen them somewhere before.
When and where, we do not know. But they bring back memories and faces that we
have kept safe in our own memories.
The
exhibition will run from 17 March – 20 April 2014 at Gallery Ward.
Gallery
Ward is located in AL Quoz district St. 6, next to The Courtyard, Al Quoz,
interchange 3, Al Manara, Dubai.
The
opening hours: Saturday - Thursday
Timings:10am
- 6pm.
Tel:
+9714 3883204/ www.galleryward.com
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