2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Hunt Kastner0/7/1hunt kastnerKatherine KastnerCamille HuntBořivojova 85CZ-130 00 Prague 3T +420 222 969 887M +420 777 571 306info@huntkastner.comwww.huntkastner.comSolo Show at LISTE:Basim Magdy, 1977, EGOther Artists of the Gallery:Zbyněk Baladrán, CZJosef Bolf, CZViktor Kopasz, SKEva Koťátková, CZAlena Kotzmannová, CZDominik Lang, CZDaniel Pitín, CZJan Šerých, CZJiří Skála, CZMichaela Thelenová, CZJiří Thýn, CZTomáš Vaněk, CZBasim MagdyThey EndorsedCollective Failure asthe Dawn of a NewRenaissance, 2013Acrylic, spray paintand watercolor onpaper45.5 × 60.5 cmBasim MagdyReenacting LostCivilizationsto Prevent anImpendingApocalypse, 2012Spray paint andacrylic on paper50 × 65 cmBasim MagdyThe Moment YouRealize Eternity isa One-Way Track,2010Spray paint,gouache and collageon paper23 × 30.5 cm98 / 99Basim Magdy uses a variety of techniquesand media in his work, including drawing,painting, sculpture, film, photography andinstallations. He often juxtaposes oppositesin a combination of the mundane andthe absurd, revealing a deeper existentialreflection about the human condition.While gently warning of us the dangers thatlay ahead, his ultimate message is oneof hope; reassuring us that, come what may,humanity will prevail.Basim Magdy (born 1977 in Cairo, Egypt,lives and works in Cairo and Basel) studiedpainting at the faculty of Fine Arts of theHelwan University in Cairo. Most recently,his works have been exhibited at 2013Future Generation Art Prize (Kiev, 2012 andVenice, 2013); Confronting the Monster in aMonster Costume, Centre Culturel Suisse,Paris (solo, 2013); How to Build an InvisibleMonument, Coburn Gallery, ColoradoCollege, Colorado Springs, USA (solo, 2013);The Sharjah Biennale, curated by YukoHasegawa (2013); In The Wintry Thicketof Metropolitan Civilization, AR/GE KunstGalerie Museum, Bolzano, curated byLuigi Fassi (2012); La Triennale: IntenseProximity, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated byOkwui Enwezor (2012). Selected upcomingshows in 2013 include the 13th IstanbulBiennial, Turkey, curated by Fulya Erdemci;Biennale Jogja XII, Indonesia, curatedby Agung Hujatnikajennong and Sarah Rifky;Dissident Futures at Yerba Buena Centerfor the Arts, San Francisco, curated by Betti-Sue Hertz; and a solo exhibition at huntkastner opening in September in Prague.