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Concentric modernities: A history of contemporary Egyptian video art

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Concentric modernities: A history of contemporary Egyptian video art

[Thesis]

Dan Jakubowski

Ravine, Victoria; Tsai, Joyce

University of Florida

2016

745

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-42007-4

Ph.D.

University of Florida

2016

Through an analysis of thirteen contemporary Egyptian artists who work in video, my dissertation argues that many artists who came of age during Mubarak's presidency took up video to explore the forces that shaped modern Egypt. Video became a privileged medium as artists of this generation mobilized to engage urgent themes such as Cairo's rampant urban sprawl, Egypt's Pharaonic and Islamic history, and the impact of colonialism and globalization. The artists I explore in this study are Maha Maamoun, Hassan Khan, Shady El Noshokaty, Wael Shawky, Sherif El-Azma, Lara Baladi, Hala El Koussy, Rana ElNemr, Doa Aly, Ahmed Basiony, Amal Kenawy, Bassem Yousri, and Basim Magdy. My dissertation historically situates these thirteen artists in the cultural, political, and institutional context of Egypt during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, demonstrating how they charted the dramatic transformations of modernity in their video work. By analyzing the work of these at this critical time, I examine the role of the visual arts amid radical social transformation and reexaminations of personal, cultural, and national identity.

Art history

Communication and the arts;Arab Spring;Art;Cairo;Contemporary;Egypt;Video

Esmi, Reza

Ravine, Victoria; Tsai, Joyce

University of Florida

1847569251; 10298984

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