Series of artworks inspired by the PROPHET by Gibran Khalil Gibran

Eman Osama Hanan El Sheikh Shayma Kamel Weaam El Masry

Born in 1976, lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo.Ms. Eman Participated in more than 65 local collective exhibitions ,and 30 internationalexhibitions in Egypt, USA, Europe, Asia and Africa. Most notably: The EgyptianInternational print exhibition, The 4th Egyptian International Print Triennial, 12 emeBiennale, Internationale de la Gravure et des Nouvelles Image de Sarcelles (France), VI'eBinnale internationale de la gravure d'lle-des Versai (France), Egyptian Cultural Week(Cuba), The 9th Artenim Exhibition (France), The 10th International Biennale of Drawingand Graphic Art (Hungary), Arabian Cultural Week (Johannesburg), The 3rd BangkokTriennial International Print and Drawing (Thailand), Imago Mundi (Italy). Ms. Emanaccomplished also a four solo exhibitions.

Ms. Eman selected as a jury member of 23rd Youth Salon & 5th AL Sakia Salon and acommissar of Printmaking workshops for The 19th International Graphic Art Biennale inPoland. And participated in many workshops, Symposiums and residencies in Egypt andSpain and she has many acquisitions in Egypt and abroad and received many awards,certificates and medals for her artworks.

Bio. Of Eman Osama

Death | 49 x 64 cm | painting | mixed media on paper |2013 | 15,000 EGP.

الريح،مهبفيعراةنقفأنإالالموتوهلالشمس؟وقدةفينذوبوأن

نمتتحررلكيإالاألنفاسمناتنقطعوهل

دتصععلهاالمتعاقبينوزفيرهاشهيقهاقيود؟بغيرهللاإلىساعيةوتنطلق

For what is it to die but to standnaked in the wind and to melt intothe sun?And what is it to cease breathingbut to free the breath from itsrestless tides that it may rise andexpand and seek godunencumbered?

Friendship | 49 x 64 cm | painting | mixed media on paper |2013 | 15,000 EGP.

الحياةسويعاتلتقاسمهدائما ًصديقكفانشدكنفسفراغليمألالصديقوجدفماالمثمرة،

.حاجتكليسدبل

جةوالبهبالضحكالصداقةعذوبةولتمزجنئقدقايبللالذيالندىقطرففيالمشتركة،

.وينتعشصباحهالقلبيطالعاألشياء،

Seek him always with hours to live.For it is his to fill your need, butnot your emptiness.And in the sweetness of friendshiplet there be laughter,and sharing of pleasures.For in the dew of little things theheart finds its morning and isrefreshed.

Love | 120 x 80 cm | mixed media on hard paper | 2014 | 25,000 EGP.

لىعيشدكمفكذلكهاماتكم،يكللإذالحبإن

كذلكعودكم،منيشدكماوهو.الصليب

.األغصانمنكميشذب

ويداعبهاماتكمقننإلىيرتقيوكما

،الشمسضوءفيتميسالغضةأغصانكم

باألرضالعالقةجذوركمإلىيهبطكذلك

.هزا ًفيهزها

For even as love crowns you so

shall he crucify you. Even as he is

for your growth so is he for your

pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height

and caresses your tenderest

branches that quiver in the sun, So

shall he descend to your roots and

shake them in their clinging to the

earth.

Clothes | Mixed media on hard paper 120 x80 cm | 2014 | 25,000 EGP.

الكثير،جمالكممنتحجبثيابكمإن

.فيكمقبحماتخفياللكنها

.وقيدا ًنا ًرسفيهالتجدوابأنفسكم،الخلوةحريةالثيابفيتنشدواوإن،وإنكم

.ملبسكممنليلوقجلدكممنبمزيدوالرياحالشمستستقبلواأنتستطيعونليتكم

الشمس،أشعةفيتكمنالحياةأنفاسفإن

.الرياحمعتجريالحياةويد

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, Yet they hide notthe unbeautiful.And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacyyou may find in them a harness and a chain.Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with moreof your skin and less of your raiment.For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life isin the wind.

Food | media on hard paper | 65 X 50 cm | 2014 | 15,000 EGP.

:قائل ًاناجهأسنانك،بينالتفاحةتقضموحين

جسدي،فيبذوركتحيالسوف))

قلبي،فيغدكبراعموتزهر

أنفاسي،عبيركويصبح

.((الفصولمرً علىنبتهجومعا ً

And when you crush an apple withyour teeth,Say to it in your heart:((Your seeds shall live in my body,and the buds of your to-morrowshall blossom in my heart,And your fragrance shall be mybreath, And together we shallrejoice through all the seasons)).

Born in 1973, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in Cairo. Hanan El Sheikh graduated from theFaculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in Cairo in 1996 and gained her Master degree inIslamic painting in 2003 then a Ph.D. in art philosophy in 2009. She has taught at theFaculty of Fine Arts since 1998 until now. Ms. El Sheikh has also set her talent to the stage,painting most of the backdrops of the stage scenes for the Cairo Opera House Theatrebetween 1996-2001, for productions by companies such as Opera Taiess and Ballet ofOsiers.She has participated in numerous exhibitions, biennales and events, in Egypt and abroad(Bosnia, Rome, Barcelona, Beijing, Budapest, Berlin, Azerbaijan, Korea, Oman, Jeddah,Bahrain), the most recent: 3rd-, 4rd and 5th Beijing Biennale (China), representing Egyptwith a group (Ankh project) each with an installation in Berlin streets during the Berlintouristic festival March 2012 (Germany), Egyptian Emages - klebelsberg kulturkuria -pesthidegkut (Budapest), Egyptian contemporary art 2009 – artsawa gallery (Dubai),Egyptian women art now - Egyptian cultural centre (Vienna - Berlin).

Ms. El Sheikh received several awards, and her artworks shown in private national andinternational collections.

Bio. Of Hanan El Sheikh

Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm2013 & 2014Each 5000 EGP.

القومومضى

“Wa Mada Al-Qawm,” responding to parts ofthe text that dealt with communities andevoked imagery of masses of people.

Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm2011 & 2013Each 5000 EGP.

يمدحونهالجباروفالعسسيدهمأماميتذللوناللذينبالعبيدأشبهبذلكوانتمحريتكم،تعبدونالمواقدجوانبوالىالمدينةأبوابأمامركبكمعلىساجدينرأيتكمطالماقد.رقابهمفيالسيفيعملوهولهوينشدون

“At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom.”Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm | 2014 | Each 5000 EGP.

الشراعنثرمنمفرال

Ink on paper | Each with frame100 x 76 cm | 2014Each 5000 EGP.

.جروحالروحوفيإالالمدينةهذهأبرحلن»

أسوارها،بينأسايأيامكانتطويلة

فيها،وحدتيلياليكانتوطويلة

آسف؟غيرووحدتهأساهعنينفصلأنيستطيعذاومن

“ How shall I go in peace and without sorrow?Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city. Long were thedays of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights ofaloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness withoutregret?

Each 61 x 61 cm | Charcoal on paper |2014Each 5000 EGP.

والعقابالجريمة

El-Sheikh tackles Gibran’s musings onCrime and Punishment

Each 61 x 61 cm | Charcoal on paper|2014 | Each 5000 EGP.

El-Sheikh tackles Gibran’s musings onCrime and Punishment. For this topic shedraws crows in charcoal, the generallydisliked black bird that, to the artist, is apersonal charm of good luck.“Crows are a highly intelligent community,did you know they hold a conference whenone of them steals from another’s food orflirts with another’s wife to decide hisfate?” the artist says, elaborating on theseries’ connection with the text.

Each 61 x 61 cm | Charcoal on paper |2014Each 5000 EGP.

Shayma Kamel is an Egyptian painter, born in 1980 in Giza City, Egypt. lives and works inCairo. She got her BA in Psychology from Ain Shams University on 2002.Her passion for art led her to start painting since she was still at university where sheparticipated in her first group exhibition. Shayma’s first solo exhibition was on 2004 whereher work talked about personal and family issues, after that her work developed quickly tohighlight issues from the society and political issues.

Shayma participated in several group exhibitions in Egypt, Greece, USA, Germany,Nonwage, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudia Arabia… also she did several solo exhibitions both inEgypt and abroad like Nile Art Gallery (Cairo EG), Mashrabia Gallery (Cairo EG), Villa Sträuliart Space (Switzerland), Kunst Nah Gallery (Hamburg | Germany), Tach Art Gallery (CairoEG), Mashrabia Gallery (Cairo EG), Bamako Biennial, French Cultural Center, Kunsit TransitArtist Gallery, DE, Knauer Gallery, West Chester University USA, Faces in Time PennsylvaniaUSA , Intimacy KUNST Gallery (Cairo EG), Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre (Cairo EG), ChairsCairo Atelier (Cairo EG), Shababek Community Services Association (Cairo EG), HadoutaFalaki Gallery, American University in Cairo (Cairo EG), Cat-Mona-Night Cairo Atelier (CairoEG).

Bio. Of Shayma Kamel

فيانجبرخليلجبرانعنمشروعهايفكاملشيماءتتناولهالذيالموضوعهوتعريفات

.(النبي)كتابه

واالطفالواجوالزالمحبهمثللمواضيعتناولهانالنبيلكتابللقارئتظهرالتيالرؤيهان

انطيعيستمنولكننعرفهوجميعانألفهتعريفاوعامةتظهرقدالموضوعاتمنوغيرها

منهتحملمابكلللحياةجديدةتعريفاتعليسيتعرفوالكلماتالسطوروراءمايري

.وواضحةصادقةمعاني

اناالاالشارات،منالكثيرمنيحملهوماالنبيلكتابالروحيالعميقالتناولهذاووسط

فيمختصرةظهرتقداخريمعانياليوحولتهاالتعريفاتهذهاتخذتكاملشيماء

فياهاترالتيالمختلفةوااللوانبالقماشفيهامندمجةمختلفةتقنياتخللمنالمعني

الاتصواكثراصدقماهواالطفالرؤيةمنكمولكنطفوليةقرآهكانهاالتناولصراحه.والمخلوقاتالخالقمعوتواصل

فلسفة االعمال الخاصة بالفنانة شيماء كامل

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

100 x 100 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

Born in Dec. 1976, lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. Holds PH.D. in media art from theFaculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University. Weaam El Masry is a rising contemporary artistin Egypt, a painter who at times moves to photography, animation and installation. Herwork has been exhibited at galleries, festivals, Biennales and museums nationally &internationally. Notably; the 5th Beijing International Art Biennale 2012 (China), OneMinute Film & Video Festival in Aarau 2008 (Switzerland), The Egyptian Museum ofContemporary Art (Egypt), and many group and solo exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. Withover 25 awards and scholarships from different institutions in Egypt and abroad such as;the Culture Resource Award for Artistic Production for Young Arab Artists & Writers,D.A.A.D (Germany), The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists, Pro-Helvetia(Switzerland), Alexandria library (Egypt), Kulturamt Düsseldorf (Germany) and over 55exhibitions under her belt. El Masry’s works are in private and public Collections includingBibliotheca Alexandrina; The Museum of Egyptian Modern Art and private collections inEgypt, Germany, USA, UAE and Spain.

Bio. Of Weaam El Masry

فيفامختلمنهجاالجديدةالفنيةمجموعتهافيالمصريوئامتقدم

والماديالواعيالعقلسيطرةتقليلعلىتعتمدفهي،الفنيهاابداع

االسمىالوعيعليهنطلقانيمكنمااوللوعيالمجالتفسح

.الفنيوالخلقاالبداععمليةليقود

فيبرانجخليلجبرانافكاروئامتستحضرالفكريةالرحلةهذهفي

ستسلمتثماللوعيبهاتغذينصوصمنهاتستلهموالنبيكتابه

لعلومجيالبيولومناالتجاهاتكلفيتفيضالتياالفكارلتداعي

االنسانيةللعلقات.....المعماروللبناء....الحيويةالطاقة

.العلياالمثلوللقيم....المعقدة

افةالشفواالحبارااللواناستخدامعلىلوحاتهافيوئاماعتمدت

خللنمتعبرحيثاللوحةمعالدئوبوبحثهاالدائمحوارهالتسجل

بدايتهامنالممتعةالغنيةالفكريةالرحلةهذه،عنالمتعددةالطبقات.لهاعمقألقصى

فلسفة االعمال الخاصة بالفنانة وئام المصري

Weaam Elmasry in her latest collection has a newapproach to artistic creativity. Here she relies onreducing the control of the conscious mind andopens the door for the subconscious, or what maybe called the higher consciousness, to lead theprocess of creativity and artistic creation.

On this intellectual journey, Weaam evokes thethoughts of Gibran Khalil Gibran in his book TheProphet. She is inspired by texts within that nurturethe unconscious and then surrenders to the ideasflowing in all directions from biology to sciencebioenergy, construction and architecture, complexhuman emotions, to values and ideals.

In her paintings, Weaam employs transparent colorsand inks to record her ongoing dialogue andindustrious search. Through its many layers, eachpainting can express this rich and enjoyableintellectual journey from beginning to its maximumdepth.

The concept behind the artworks of Weaam El Masry

40 x 40 cm | pen and Ecoline on paper | 2014 | 5000 EGP.

تطرح،بالتحليلفتتناولهاتصيبها،التيالهلعنوباتمنتتخلصانوئامتحاول:القلباءللشفبابالهاتفتحعينيهاأماممتجسدةرؤيتهالعلالمسبباتواألعراضاللوحةعلى

The heart: Weaam tries to rid herself of the panic attacks from whichshe suffers. She analyzes them, presenting the painting with thesymptoms and causes in the hope that by seeing them embodiedbefore her eyes this will open the door to healing.

40 x 40 cm | pen and collage on paper |2014 | 5000 EGP.

صلتهاعنثتبحتصيبها،التيالهلعلنوباتتحليلهااللوحةهذهفيوئامتواصل:العقلالمخفيالعصبيةوالحسيةالمراكزوالجسمفيالحيويةالطاقةبمراكز

The mind: In this painting, Weaam continues to analyze her panicattacks, searching for its link to the bioenergy in the body, and thesensory centers and nerves in the brain.

40 x 40 cm | pen, Ecoline and collage on paper |2014 | 5000 EGP.

تهذابقائمكيانمنهماكليظللكنتتداخلوالشريكينحياةتتشابك:الزواج

.الجميلايقاعهاالحياةليعطياالخاصة،بنغماتهكلٌ سويا،يعزفان

كلمالواا»:النبيكتابهفيجبرانلليخجبرانكلماتاللوحةهذهفيوئامتستلهم

حدواكلخبزكممنأعطوا...واحدةكأسمنتشربواالولكنرفيقه،كأسمنكمواحد

..بداأفرحينوكونوامعا،وارقصواغنوا...واحدرغيفمنتاكلواالولكنلرفيقه،«وحدهمنكمكلفليكنولكن

Marriage: The lives of both partners intertwine and intersect buteach of them maintains an individual entity. They play theirinstruments together, each to his/her own tune, to give life itsbeautiful rhythm.

In this painting, Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in hisbook The Prophet: “fill each other’s cup but drink not from onecup… give one another of your bread but eat not from the sameloaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one ofyou be alone.

40 x 40 cm | pen, Ecoline and collage on paper |2014 5000 EGP.

أوالدكمإن":النبيكتابهفيجبرانلليخجبرانكلماتاللوحةهذهفيوئامتستلهم“لكمملكاٌ ليسوافهممعكميعيشونأنهمومع-كملاأوالدليسوا

In this painting, Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in hisbook The Prophet, “Your children are not your children – Andthough they are with you yet they belong not to you. You mayhouse their bodies but not their souls.”

120 x 80 cm | pen and Ecoline on hard paper | 2014 | 15,000 EGP.

ال،ٌاالتصرفكررةعنتعبرٌوئامٌفيٌهذهٌاللوحةٌ

لةٌفكلٌعناصرٌالكونٌمنٌاصغرهاٌألكبرهاٌمتص

وٌمترابطررةٌفرريٌنسرري ٌواحرردٌوٌعنرردماٌيصررلٌ

االنسررانٌلهررذهٌالدرجررةٌمررنٌالرروعيٌيبلرر ٌمقررامٌ.التنور

Here Weaam depicts the idea ofcontact. All the elements of theuniverse, from the smallest to thelargest, are connected and linked in asingle fabric. When people reach thislevel of consciousness, they becomeenlightened.

120 x 80 cm | pen and Ecoline on hard paper | 2014 | 15,000 EGP.

آثامنعككلالمجتمعمسئوليةاللوحةهذهفيوئامتناقش:اإلثم

.الخطاياتلكوزربداخلهيحملفكلناأفراده،

كتابهفيجبرانلليخجبرانكلماتاللوحةهذهفيوئامتستلهمرهةبتقرعواأنيجبتقترفونه،الذياالثمذلكالجل»:النبي

جريمةمنبريئاليسالقتيلان...القدوسبوابةعلىوتنتظروا

.....سرقتهفيلومبالالمسروقوليسالقتل،

يرجعمثبأسرهالنسي الىالحائكينظراألسود،الخيطانقطعاذا

«وينظفهيفحصهنولهالى

Sin: Weaam explores in this painting theresponsibility of society as a whole for the sin of itsindividuals. Each of us bears the brunt of these sins.

Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in hisbook The Prophet:” For the wrong committed mustyou knock and wait a while unheeded at the gate ofthe blessed… The murdered is not unaccountablefor his own murder, and the robbed is notblameless in being robbed.The righteous is not innocent of the deeds of thewicked, and the white-handed is not clean in thedoings of the felon…..When the black thread breaks, the weaver shalllook into the whole cloth, and he shall examine theloom also”

100 x 100 cm | pen and watercolors on canvas | 2014 |20,000 EGP. collaborative work between the artist and her 6 years old son

؟أحرارامتىٌنصبحٌ: وئامٌفيٌهذهٌاللوحةٌسؤاالٌتطرح

صرفاتٌوٌحريةٌالجسدٌهيٌجوهرٌالحرية؟تهلٌحريةٌال

؟أمٌأنٌالحريةٌالحقةٌهيٌانطالقةٌروحٌطفلٌيعيشٌفيٌعالمهٌالخاليٌمنٌالقيود

In this painting Weaam poses the question: When do we becomefree? Is the freedom of behavior and of the body the essence offreedom? Or does true freedom lie in the soul of a child who lives ina restraint-free world?

120 x 80 cm | pen and mixed media on canvas | 2014 | 20,000 EGP.

كيانكمفيكتتحراالشياءجميع:النبيكتابهفيجبرانخليلجبرانكلماتاللوحةهذهفيوئامتستلهم

تسعونام،تستكرهونوماتتعشقونماتخافون،وماتشتهونماكلنصفيا،عناقاالدوامعلىمتعانقة

.والظللكاالنوارفيكمتتحركالرغباتهذهجميع....منهتهربونوماوراءه

In this painting Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet:“Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired andthe dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which youwould escape. These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs thatcling.”

35 x 35 cm | Pen and watercolors on paper | 2014 | 5000 EGP.

Circus of life

30 x 40 cm | Pen and watercolors on paper | 2014 | 5000 EGP.

Circus of life I the Clown

200 x 100 cm | Acrylic on canvas | 2014 | 35,000 EGP.

:النبيكتابهفيجبرانخليلجبرانكلماتاللوحةهذهفيوئامتستلهم

...ظمأكملتطفئوارضيعهامناألملبنتسلبوا...لتأكلواتقتلوا»

أشديدالىمنييسلسوفيدي،الىأسلمكالذيالناموسان:قائلسريرتكفيناجيهاذبيحتك،تنحرحينما

«....بأسا«جميعامنكممستترةبارادةاالالخطيئةيأتيالالمخطأ»

In this painting Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet:“ Since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother’s milk to quench

your thirst…When you kill a beast say to him in your heart: for the law that delivered you intomy hand, shall deliver me into a mightier hand…”“ The wrong-doer cannot do wrong without the hidden will of you all.”

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