The Green, the Street and the Scent of Life. Safar Khan Gallery, Cairo (2011)

Installationsansicht vor der Galerie Safar Khan, Pflanzen, bemalte Töpfe, Kooperation der Schule der Borromäerinnenen Wandmalerei, Fotografie, Safar Khan Galerie 2010 Green #76, Farbfotografie, 60 x 90 cm 2011 Pommegranate, Bleistift, Gouache, Tusche auf Papier, 100 x 150 cm 2010 Ohne Titel, Bleistift, Gouache, Tusche auf Papier, 100 x 150 cm 2011 Yucca with two Pillars, Bleistift, Gouache, Tusche auf Papier, 100 x 150 cm 2010 Big Bird with Leaves, Tusche, Bleistift auf Papier, 56 x 76 cm 2010 Untitled, Tusche, Blesitift auf Papier, 56 x 76 cm 2010 Green #65, Farbfotografie, 60 x 90 cm Installationsansicht, 2010 Green #35, Farbfotografie, Oel u. Mischtechnik auf Leinwand Ansicht Galerie Malerei, Video Stills Scent of Life

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 Plants had an essential meaning for our ancestors. Where plants growed there was water and life.  Even though there is no necessity to settle close to a see or river  anymore the original meaning of the equivalence of water and life is still part of us. I am fascinated by the green alleys in the streets of Cairo,  by the plants,  little  trees along or in front of buildings. This stands for more than only the desire for green. I started to take a closer look at the various kinds of potted plants in the streets,  which I could find almost everywhere. This spreads a gentleness in the streets and a  specific kind of intimacy which has captivated me so much.  But I believe that it comprises different levels:the past, and today’s life even the feeling of the people living and working in the city of Cairo.    I commute my observations to my artwork using installation, drawing, painting, photograph and video.   The Video „Scent of Life“ combines two levels and cultural areas. A mapple-tree in the own cultural area in Stuttgart was filmed during different seasons. The mini video’s alternate with the images of the gardens of the street of Cairo and those who live there. Audiences can figure out themselves the invisble force behind the Scent of Life.  (Ttext of the catalogue 2011)

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