Wael Shawky | "Untitled", 2014 | (for Parkett 95)

Read a Parkett text on Wael Shawky
Parkett Vol. 95

Quote from Parkett
"In Shawky's videos, history is shown at once as narrative describing the actions of real men with real interests and passions and as a stage on which these men hang from strings operated by fate. It is, actually, a very contemporary view of history that in recent times has manifested its miraculous and fateful dimensions."
Boris Groys, Parkett No. 95, 2014

Additional Quote
“The work of Egyptian artist Wael Shawky frequently uses the medium of storytelling to explore the cultural history and traditions of the Middle East… Skillfully blending myth and historical fact, Shawky's art always incorporates an element of the fantastical and of childlike wonder akin to Magical Realism, spanning video, performance and installation work…. In this stunning portfolio of twelve silkscreen prints for Parkett, the artist explores issues of cultural displacement and globalization. The twelve prints thrust us into a fantasy world that is both benign and malignant, where the fossilized bones of the dinosaur-like figures are inseparable from the architecture and desert-like terrain they inhabit, and where the very idea of home becomes treacherous.” -Fineartmultiple

"Untitled", 2014 (for Parkett 95)
Portfolio with 12 silkscreen prints in 1–6 colors,
BFK Rives 250 g/m2,
each 8 1/4 x 11 1/2” (21 x 29,7 cm)
Printed by Atelier für Siebdruck, Lorenz Boegli, Zurich,
Ed. 35 / XXV, signed and numbered colophon

Portfolio no. 1–12 each come with an additional original drawing, please inquire.