Lot n° 235
Estimation :
3000 - 6000
EUR
Result
: NC
Adel EL-SIWI (b. 1952) - Lot 235
Adel EL-SIWI (b. 1952)
The yellow face, 2004
Mixed media on paper.
Signed and dated lower left.
70 x 50 cm
(Three small tears restored by a sticker, paper slightly warped)
We would like to thank the Picasso Art Gallery in Cairo, which kindly authenticated the work on photograph.
Appraiser:
Cabinet CHANOIT
NOTICE :
Adel El-Siwi (1952) is an Egyptian painter renowned for his iconographic explorations that blend abstraction and figuration, while drawing on the roots of traditional Egyptian art. Trained at the Cairo Academy of Fine Arts, he has been influenced by European modern movements while preserving an identity strongly marked by his cultural heritage.
The work "The Yellow Face" (2004) is a good illustration of El-Siwi's quest to convey the complexity of the human being through stylized faces and compositions with pure forms. The mixed technique on paper allows subtle expressiveness, while maintaining a strong emotional charge. The use of yellow, the central color in this work, reflects the intensity of Mediterranean light and the influences of Fauvism, as well as the contemporary reinterpretation of ancestral symbols.
The artist has been in contact with other great names in modern and contemporary art, such as the Egyptian painter Mahmoud Said, whose work marked a crucial stage in the evolution of modern painting in Egypt. He also follows in the tradition of the École de Paris, where artists such as Klee and Léger left a lasting imprint on artists from the Arab world.
This work is part of a wider movement of Egyptian and Arab artists who have crossed cultural and geographical boundaries, including figures of contemporary Middle Eastern art, and offers a fine example of the dialogue between cultural heritage and modern abstraction.
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