May 16th–June 2nd
Sharjah Art Gallery / Department of the Arts / Visual Cultures Program
Opening hours: 11am to 5pm, open on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
Opening reception: Thursday May 16, 2013
Sharjah Art Gallery
AUC Center for the Arts
The American University in Cairo
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74
New Cairo 11835, Egypt
The American University in Cairo is proud to present ECHO, an exhibition of the work of its 27 graduating art students. This large-scale event will be held in the Sharjah Art Gallery at the AUC center for the arts, featuring video works, photography, performances, installation, painting and sculpture, concluding years of multi-disciplinary study and experimentation.
ECHO is conceived in collaboration with the class “Thinking about Exhibitions,” which over the past months created a curatorial framework for the individual art projects, taking the form of a publication to be presented as part of the exhibition.
The Art Program in AUC’s Department of the Arts provides students with a space for creative practice in a cross-disciplinary environment emphasizes theory, practice, and critical inquiry. Offering students an experimental platform for creative freedom and innovation, the program encourages students to challenge mainstream conceptions of visual art, engage in critical self-awareness of their own art practice, and establish a broader understanding of the issues and contexts that inform art practice in today’s local and global visual cultures. Grounded in the belief that the visual arts are a fundamental force in society, the program prepares future art practitioners for critical work within the region’s emerging post-revolution cultural environment and the broader global art world.
ECHO features works by:
Aline Kupelian, Dina Karam, Habiba Koura, Honey El-Moghazi, Ingy El Mofty, Lamis Galal, Maha ElBanna, Maissa El-Zein, Malak Karakotly, Maged Abdelsalam, Mena El Shazly, Mohamed Soliman, Monica Beshay, Nada I. Fathy, Nesma El Abd, Noor Refaie, Ola El Adly, Ramy Asaad, Rawya Dajani, Sally Hwaidak, Salma Biomy, Salma Hussein, Salma Kandil, Samar El Abbasy, Tina Omran, Yara Abdel Aziz, Yasmina Kabbara
Curated by the class “Thinking about Exhibitions”: Nadeen El Rashidy, Deena Bahgat, Nada Ayoub, Aya Elkady, Dina Said, Aya Abdel Raouf, Sara AbouElWafa, Farah Wael, Cendrella William, N Atef, Essraa Shaaban, Maya Shafie
Supervision: Prof. Bruce W. Ferguson, Asuncion Molinos Gordo, Kaya Behkalam
