Farghali Abdel Hafiz b. 1941
Thrust, 1978
Acrylic, mud and sand on canvas laid down on board
90 x 90 cm
35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in
35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in
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Thrust is a rare work from 1978. It demonstrates how Farghali’s use of symbolic forms and intense colour began early in his career. From the late 1970s through to the...
Thrust is a rare work from 1978. It demonstrates how Farghali’s use of symbolic forms and intense colour began early in his career. From the late 1970s through to the early 1980s his works are characterized by highly reduced anthropomorphic totems, whose concentration of line, tone and colour contrast with the flat areas of colour that surround them. The centre of the canvases is cut away to reveal an orifice, from which these totems protrude. Part human, part insect and also with connotations of fertility, Farghali calls these figures arayis (dolls).
Exhibitions
Goethe Institute, Cairo, 1978
Axis Group Exhbition, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Cairo, 1981
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