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Wael Shawky
Press release
The solo exhibition (international museum premiere) I Am Hymns of the New Temples- أنا تراتیل المعابد الجدیدة of Egyptian artist Wael Shawky (Alexandria, 1971) will open to the public on Wednesday 17 April 2024, at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani ('Ala Tribuna') in Venice. Curated by Massimo Osanna (General Director of Italy’s National Museums), Andrea Viliani (Co-curator of the programme Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters) and Gabriel Zuchtriegel (General Director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii), the exhibition is organised in collaboration between the Museo di Palazzo Grimani and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, and accompanies the artist's participation in the 60th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, where Shawky has been invited to represent the Arab Republic of Egypt in the Egypt Pavilion.
The exhibition brings together the filmic work I Am Hymns of the New Temples- أنا تراتیل المعابد الجدیدة – realised by the artist in 2023 and which, after its premiere at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, is presented in Venice as an international museum premiere – and a selection of multi-material works and drawings realised by the artist between 2022 and 2024. The exhibition project is conceived as an ideal dialogue between different spaces and times, in which contemporary artworks coexist with the archaeological works and the historical halls of Palazzo Grimani, outlining a path that prospectively leads from the Camaron d'Oro to the so-called Tribuna, also known as the Antiquarium or Camerino delle Antichità, the true fulcrum of the palace and its narration.
Organized by Lisson Gallery, with Barakat Contemporary, Galleria Lia Rumma and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, in the context of the program 'Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters'.
