C-Print from chemically altered slide on metallic paper
39cm x 55 cm
Edition of 10 (2 AP)
Signed
Unframed
This limited edition was produced on the occasion of Basim Magdy’s comission at the SLG in 2019.
Basim Magdy’s work encompasses photography, video, sculpture and installation. This is one of a number of photographs that came out of a sudden interest in human eyes and how much they communicate about our personalities and emotions. The roll of film the image was shot on was pickled in acidic household chemicals for a calculated period of time, resulting in a dominant blue colour. Magdy was commissioned to transform Art Block, the SLG’s free space for local children to make things, be creative and play. His installation ‘PINGPINPOOLPONG, or How I Learned to Laugh at Failure,’ 2018 was a table-based game that aimed to challenge the idea of winning and encourage participants to celebrate failing together.
ABOUT BASIM MAGDY
Basim Magdy was born in 1977, in Assiut, Egypt. He lives and works in Basel, Switzerland.
Magdy’s work has been exhibited at New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beirut Art Center, Beirut; MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome; D-CAF Festival, Cairo; Arnolfini, Bristol, England; Jeu de Paume, Paris; and Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy; and has been included in the Sharjah Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Lubumbashi Biennial, and Seoul Biennial. His work is included in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris; Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany; National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Castello di Rivoli, Torino; and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar; among others. Magdy lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. He is represented by artSümer, Istanbul; Gypsum Gallery, Cairo; and hunt kastner, Prague.
All proceeds directly support the South London Gallery’s programmes.
