HAFEZ GALLERY
SAUDI ARABIA
Ibrahim El Dessouki (b. 1969), Doors and False Doors 5, 2021
Oil on canvas
185.5 x 120 cm
188.5 x 123 cm (framed)
Price: £77,000 inc. VAT (plus any applicable taxes)
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Born in Cairo, Egypt in 1969, Ibrahim El Dessouki descends from a family of artists as his father Fahmi El Dessouki and mother Atyat Sayed were well-known and established Egyptian expressionist painters and free-thinking intellectuals, and both greatly influenced the artist that Ibrahim has become.
Dessouki’s painting style is defined by his unique treatment of paint, which concentrates on his ability to create subtle changes in its texture; his unusual use of negative space; and his deft manipulation of shadow and light. While the artist’s painting genres encompass portraiture, landscape and still life, Dessouki’s subject matter is very much Egypt-centric capturing his own unique and hypnotic perspective of the soul and essence of Egypt.
Dessouki is famous for his paintings of women; some of those paintings express his nostalgia for the women who strolled in his neighborhood when he was a child with their ample bodies hardly covered with a graceful shawl. His paintings of women are simple yet rich with grace and softness; his style is as pleasing to the eye and elegant as his subject matters.
Graduated from Helwan University with a BA in Fine Arts in Cairo 1992, obtained MA on “The London School and British Painting since 1945” in 1997 and a PhD on “Dynamics in painting” in 2003, Dessouki has exhibited widely in both the Middle East and Europe, including an exhibition at Bousheri Gallery (Kuwait, 2012), Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris, 2008) and Casa Arabe (Madrid, 2014). His work was also featured in Cairo International Biennale, and included in the collections of the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art and the Arab Museum of Contemporary Art in Qatar.
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hafezgallery.comHafez Gallery was founded in 2014 by the Cultural Producer and philanthropist Qaswra Hafez. Headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the gallery’s ethos embodies the heritage of this ancient trading city existing as an important crossroads between East and West.
By connecting diverse civilizations and cultures through the power of art, a key part of the gallery’s mission is to promote the Arab Art World globally. Since its inception, the Gallery has successfully participated in regional and international art fairs.
As a catalyst for launching the careers of many pioneering MENA based artists, investor in cultural and educational programs to enrich the art scene in the Kingdom, and facilitator to local emerging talent within Saudi Arabia's dynamic artistic community, the team at Hafez Gallery actively embrace the needs of our growing roster of artists, dedicated supporters, partners, and diverse global client-base. We represent a number of award winning artists. We showcase a diverse and vibrant selection of traditional and contemporary artworks. Covering multiple disciplines, our program presents a variety of thought provoking and reflective narratives addressing themes of personal and cultural identity, spirituality, expressionism, and existentialism.
The evolving role of art in contemporary Saudi Arabian society has led Hafez Gallery to develop a number of innovative opportunities to cultivate new audiences for contemporary art within the Kingdom and further afield. With the opening of the new Hafez Gallery in Riyadh in early 2024, coupled with our innovative exhibition schedule showing at international locations; an exciting program of new ventures, explorations, collaborations and novel experiences is planned to celebrate moving forward into our second decade of existence.
