Basim Magdy will run a solo show at .artSummer next month, Istambul.
Basim Magdy’s (b. 1977 Assiut, Egypt, lives in Basel, Switzerland and Cairo, Egypt) practice is grounded in an interest in iconic images and objects outside of explicit historical investigation or political referencing. His work concerns itself with the social implications of such symbols, and how they transform over time and in changing contexts into a mix of legend and bizarre cultural constructions and encounters. Often employing the language and forms of science fiction in his work, Magdy reveals something essential about human nature and desire by presenting worlds where the impossible becomes plausible reality...
Source : .artSümer
Address:
kemankeş mah. mumhane cad. laroz han no:67
karakoy 34425 istanbul turkey
and also : BasimMagdy.com
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