Decaying Bank: Reproducing Khartoum Visually
Decaying Bank: Reproducing Khartoum Visually is a residency project that attempted to engage with Khartoum from an artistic approach. During this residency, there were many creative and research interventions on the history of Khartoum and its social space, with a cross-disciplinary methodology in which the points from which we saw the city intertwined. The residency […]
Ihab Shaker for Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2024
Produced for Ubuntu Art Gallery for Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2024 A master of caricature art, illustration, painting, and animation, Ihab Shaker is a prominent figure in Egyptian Art. Born in 1933, Shaker refined his talent and career between Cairo and Paris. His artistic practice has constantly highlighted aspects of Egyptian Heritage through portrayals of […]
The Sudanese Woman in History: Presence and Absence
The French Institute, Khartoum, Sudan, 2023 The project aims to collect the archives of the Sudanese women’s movement during the period 1940-2010 that are subject to loss. It is a presentation of the initial survey of part of the archives that were reached and which was carried out by the researchers Safaa Mohamed Khair, Iman […]
Of Faces, Tales, and Lands
Guest curated by Reem Aljeally for BetterShared, “Of Faces, Tales, and Lands” is a selection of contemporary artworks by 10 established Sudanese artists. The collection combines portraiture, figuration and landscapes of the artists explorations of Sudanese social structures, traditions, cultural constructions, history and present constraints. From the questions of identity opposed by Elhassan Elmuontasir and […]
Hidden faces – Exhibition review
The gloomy black and white dots and lines contrast the vivid, rich blue that is the walls of the French Institute’s new exhibition walls. The art of Mohamed Abdalrasoul is intense in terms of its emotions, compositions, and most certainly his unique technique. The artist works in a style of different hatchings to formulate the […]
Archiving and Curation of Pinacotheque of IFRS – 2022
Archiving, Research, Curation, and Collection Guided Tour, for The French Institute, Khartoum, Sudan The Muse multi studios was commissioned to create an inventory of The French Institute of Khartoum’s collection of Sudanese arts, collecting data on them and arranging a first set up for the event of the Open day on Saturday, 12th of November, […]