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Mohammad Abou El Naga

Mohammad Abou El Naga . s arah grace cheek. Biography. Mohammed Abou El Naga was b orn in Tanta, Egypt. He Attended Alexandria University Masters Degree in fine art PhD. Philosophy of Art

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Mohammad Abou El Naga

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  1. Mohammad AbouEl Naga sarah grace cheek

  2. Biography • Mohammed Abou El Naga was born in Tanta, Egypt. • He Attended Alexandria University • Masters Degree in fine art • PhD. Philosophy of Art • His first exhibition was in Atelier Cairo, Egypt (1992) and his most recent exhibition was the International Exhibition and International Workshop in Romania ( 2006). • Papermaking is his specialty. He studied it in Egypt and in Japan. • He hand makes all of his paper. • He uses color from natural oxides to create paintings and installations. • He concentrates on providing his viewers with history about past events and current affairs. • He also works with lithographic prints and sculptures made of cast paper.

  3. Main Works • Installations • Paintings • Videos • Book Art • Photography

  4. Installations- The Lion • “I always dreamt of being a lion, fearless and valiant. I knew then that there were tribes that take the name of lion such as Beni Assad and Ghadanfar. So many times have I been told: “be lion hearted” and I always felt that my masculine aspirations drove me towards being a lion…Thus, I saw the lion in the shape of a mummy that will be resurrected. And I saw my powerful lion bonded with medical tissue and wrapped in wires with a masked face, simulating thus, Horus the guardian of heaven or Anobis the guardian of the dead. A defeated lion in its cage, lonely and submissive; a body with no hope, yawning lazily like a full cat. However, looking into its eyes, I felt scared feeling a deep historical fear that shakes those who see through these eyes. Two deep eyes that tell it is the next life. A life that could frightful” • http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksIconID=3

  5. Hand Made Paper & Mixed Media • 2006 • http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=265 • 2007 • http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=289 • http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=353 • 2008 • http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=393 • http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=402

  6. Book Art Mixed Media • http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksIconID=11

  7. Sources • http://www.salwazeidangallery.com/Mohammed_Abou_El_Naga_1.html • http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksIconID=11 • http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=hiersearch;dtype=i;id=502143

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