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SUMMARY:Orientalism/ Occidentalism: Egyptian Art of the Twentieth Century 
 by Nazli Madkour - Nazli Madkour
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CONTACT:Amanda Rigler
DESCRIPTION:The first of two lectures by Egyptian Artist\, Nazli Madkour e
 xploring Egyptian Art of the Twentieth Century.\n\nThe evolution of Egypti
 an art reaching the advent of the French Napoleonic expedition to Egypt in
  1798 and the introduction of Egyptians to the European renaissance figura
 tive art parameters.   Local artists worked then in two main directions. S
 ome\, bound by the guild system produced mosque ornaments and fine utilita
 rian artworks. The others produced stylized figurative folk art. Of partic
 ular importance are Nubian mural art\, Coptic figurative paintings and mur
 als\, Hajj paintings and paintings depicting local or religious tales. In 
 1908\, the fine arts school was established to be run by European artists 
 on the Renaissance precepts.\nBy 1920\, Artists Mahmoud Moukhtar\, Mohamed
  Nagui\, Mahmoud Said and Ragueb Ayad laid down the foundation of an Egypt
 ian modern art movement.  Women artists soon followed the earliest being M
 arguerite Nakhla and Khadiga Riaz. Around 1938\, artists Ramses Younan\, F
 ouad Kamel and Khadiga Riaz adopted surrealism and abstraction. In 1944\, 
 a group of artists\, including El- Gazzar and Nada started a new trend rel
 ying on authentic Egyptian tradition. With the advent of the 1952 Revoluti
 on\, some artists worked on the prevailing socio-political subjects. After
  Egypt’s defeat in the 1967 war with Israel\, artists searched for a new
  aesthetic language by drawing on their Islamic traditions.\nThe 70's and 
 80's saw a rise of individual styles and assiduous modernization trends wi
 thout relinquishing the quest for a national aesthetic identity.  In the 9
 0's\, artists embraced post modern ways of expression such as performance\
 , installations\, art photography and video art. Today\, young Egyptian ar
 tists are becoming increasingly involved with the international art networ
 k and their work is in tune with international artistic practices and disc
 ourses.\nPlease contact Amanda Rigler to book your free place on this talk
  ~ art@newhall.cam.ac.uk
LOCATION:Vivien Stewart Room\, Murray Edwards College
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