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Chant Avedissian. A Levantine Heading East

From April 26, 2018 until July 06, 2018From April 26 to July 6, 2018 From April 26 to June 30, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. From July 1-6, Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Closed on weekends and holidays.
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Casa Árabe exhibition halls (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). From April 26 to July 6, 2018 From April 26 to June 30, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. From July 1-6, Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Closed on weekends and holidays. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.

On April 26, this retrospective exhibition by the Egyptian artist will be officially opened in Cordoba, with a concert given by Ensemble Mediterranéen.

This is the second time (after being seen at the Casa Árabe headquarters in Madrid) that a retrospective exhibit is being held on this key artist in the modern and contemporary Arab art world. Through it, we have hoped to promote knowledge about Chant Avedissian’s work from a global perspective, including features not as commonly highlighted by art critics, though they are just as essential. In achieving this goal, the cooperation of the Sabrina Amrani Gallery has played a basic role, thanks to the recent “rediscovery” of this artist which that gallery has performed.

Thus, this exhibition includes some of his famous “Cairo Stencils,” which create a whole iconographic and analytical compendium of Egypt’s social and cultural history, earning the artist great recognition in the international arena. However, other works are being presented, as well. Though more recently produced, they include main topics which have concerned the artist since he completed his studies in the decorative arts and textile design. In this case, he deals with reflection on the process of formation and reproduction of basic geometries and ornamental patterns, which constitute the cultural foundation of many different civilizations. These reflections are the result of the artist’s desire to break away from Western academic art and show the particular claim he stakes on Eastern cultures, with all their diversity and breadth of scope. Last of all, it should be pointed out that, like art, music is a perfect way to make a record cross-cutting cultural influences. May this musical selection selected for the exhibition by the artist himself serve as a metaphor for hybridization.

The official opening of the exhibition will take place on April 26, 2018 at 7:30 p.m., and afterwards you can enjoy the concert “From the Maghreb to the Arab Orient” given by the group Ensemble Méditerranéen.


Chant Avedissian. A Levantine Heading East