Issue No. 51 June 2014
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CAIRO WEST MAGAZINE<br />
ART & CULTURE<br />
Guirguis Lotfy’s second solo exhibition at ArtTalks “LOVE AFFAIR” opened on<br />
Tuesday May 20th at 8 El Kamel Mohamed Street. Zamalek and will run until <strong>June</strong><br />
17th <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
In Love Affair, Lotfy’s stunning canvases proudly immortalize our collective cultural<br />
identity and draw from our most important common denominator - our popular<br />
rituals. Showcasing works from the early 1990s until today, Love Affair is a minivoyage<br />
into Lotfy’s unparalleled knowledge of these rituals, many of which are still<br />
practiced in contemporary Egypt; others long forgotten.<br />
The apparent simplicity and naivety of his paintings narrating every day mundane<br />
scenes of every day mundane people seize the spirit, authenticity and tolerance of Egyptians.<br />
His work turns the ordinary into extraordinary renditions of who we truly are and ‘reveal the light<br />
that comes from people.<br />
Guirguis Lotfy was born in 1955 in Alexandria, where he works and lives. He holds a BFA from<br />
Alexandria’s faculty of fine arts and an MFA and a PhD from the Helwan Faculty of Fine Arts in<br />
Cairo. Both theses were supervised by two of Egypt’s most important pioneer artists - Hamed<br />
Nada and Hamed Owais, whom he befriended until their deaths.<br />
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