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Installation Shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/31987aad-79b0-42b3-8d5f-b4130a572d53/Sherin+Guirguis_El+Beit+El+Kabir_2016_Installation+View+2.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir El Beit El Kabir, 2016. Installation Shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/47fb2165-03b9-406f-9fc5-805a03a74e9a/Sherin+Guirguis_El+Beit+El+Kabir_2016_Installation+View+6.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir El Beit El Kabir, 2016. Installation Shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153310-TY815QAAJSF46ZVPUDSD/3_SherinGuirguis_pentagon.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (pentagon), 2015. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 40 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153615-DW4HT4VSX961ZRMU4O6V/4_SherinGuirguis_pentagondetail.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (pentagon), 2015 (detail). Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 40 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153361-6G0L0Q0FGTMZ0X0JRIK9/1_SherinGuirguis_hexagon.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (hexagon), 2015. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 44 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153348-9P2NS3SZKV622493OZWH/2_SherinGuirguis_hexagondetail_2.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (hexagon), 2015 (detail). Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 44 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153321-PHA74ZLKLDYYOV2I33H9/5_SherinGuirguis_quadrilateral.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (quadrilateral), 2015. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 56 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153334-NNOTLXXUTQG431BIMCM4/6_SherinGuirguis_quadrilateraldetail.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (quadrilateral), 2015 (detail). Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 56 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153602-9FKFB1QWBQSZDQ3R2XX7/7_SherinGuirguis_octagram.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (octagram), 2015. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 46 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153627-OBML26OCHEQKRZ31MLL3/8_SherinGuirguis_octagramdetail.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (octagram), 2015 (detail). Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 46 x 46 x 2 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153638-61IJHZR72RUU9ZWE9VWN/9_Beit_Install4.png Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (Olla A-F), 2015. Mixed media. Dimensions variable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153651-0DMWYTT9YIFP8AAKHGIY/10_Beit_Install3sm.png Work - El Beit El Kabir Untitled (Olla A-F), 2015. Mixed media. Dimensions variable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634268649982-TN144FL1IIZH8AO47XRV/Sherin+Guirguis_El+Beit+El+Kabir_2016_Installation+View+8.jpg Work - El Beit El Kabir - El Beit El Kabir, 2015 The series is anchored in three concepts – site, text and lost history. Here the site is the last architectural/physical connection between the artist and her birthplace; the text is a Rumi poem that talks about placelessness/tracelessness that embodies the immigrant/nomadic experience; and the lost history is the narrative of many immigrants that leave behind their home, heritage and familiar faces, and have to live in a permanent liminal space of otherness. In 2007, the local government in Luxor, Egypt demolished the Guirguis family house to widen the road, in an effort to mitigate the growth in the city’s population and to accommodate the growing tourist industry there. For the artist, who left Egypt more than two decades ago, this severed the last remaining ties to her home and, hence, her homeland. What exists now is a synthesis of memories and photographs – the ethereal and the tangible – and she uses these as the basis of her new work. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/of-thorns-and-love-34fng monthly 0.5 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153036-2EW63DUGA3O75AU05QTN/3_Install1.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Of Thorns and Love, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153003-6YR03FJJPEDM3Z7I1FVB/4_LarmesDIsis.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love LEFT: Larmes D'Isis, 2018. Wood, cotton rope, acrylic paint and adobe. 108 x 16 inches. RIGHT: Triple Disk Lotus (here I have returned), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper mounted on MDF. 48 x 48 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152994-CAVBQ2LDT49DVOFNI63K/5_LarmesDIsis_Detail.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Larmes D'Isis, 2018 (detail). Wood, cotton rope, acrylic paint and adobe. 108 x 16 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153027-D4N672E1CYXTE2MDQZ68/10_nile.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Azbakeya (will you welcome me this time), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153012-FN6FEUGH5R19OE1DBES2/8_Azbakeya.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Azbakeya (with a little more love), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 26 x 74 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153063-JK0OG8UDZ4YNLLOWV7HH/9_sun.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Azbakeya (sun disk), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 28 x 74 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153078-UMO1XLL1ICBDUJYMR1NG/11_parliment2.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Storming Parliament II, 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 76 x 20 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153019-74LY5ZM5YM4OE2W9418H/12_parliment.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Storming Parliament I, 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 76 x 27 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152986-K83JHEUA5PIB6CGGTGN0/6_TripleDiskLotus.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Triple Disk Lotus (here I have returned), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper mounted on MDF. 48 x 48 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153045-X1UAORPMB3WQT749CZXC/14_PlacelessII.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Placeless II, 2017. Mixed media on paper, mounted on wood. 14 x 11 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153054-YDLWMGXXZAOFB660D9I2/13_PlacelessI.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Placeless I, 2017. Mixed media on paper, mounted on wood. 14 x 11 Inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153070-1X503DG6MYJ5S6B5LHFS/7_AdobeOTAL.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love Of Thorns and Love, 2018. Adobe, jute and gold leaf. Dimensions variable. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634267382024-GY6O6Q4YDNGCQO5SKSQB/2_Install2.jpg Work - Of Thorns and Love - Of Thorns and Love The first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles of the Egyptian-born, L.A.-based artist at the Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Known for her investigations into cultural identity and lost feminist histories, this new body of work represents her focused exploration of Egyptian feminist activist and poet Doria Shafik (1908-1975). Shafik was instrumental in securing political rights for women in Egypt, but her legacy has been erased by generations of Egyptian leadership. For this exhibition, Guirguis presents paper-cut paintings, sculptures, and a site-specific adobe structure inspired by Shafik’s activism and poetry. In this way, Shafik may reclaim her place in history, in collective memory, and in the physical sites she occupied during her life. For more information on the life and work of Doria Shafik visit her official memorial website. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/coops-npe2y monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154184-E08RE0C1LAJ7CZWX8UFL/1_Coop1.jpg Work - Coops Untitled (coop study 1), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 24 x 10 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154175-UN89NQIAN3R1P2NL8P9Q/2_Coop2.jpg Work - Coops Untitled (coop study 2), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 24 x 10 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154201-93UPPIJFGJJHZTHETCZR/3_CoopStudy3.jpg Work - Coops Untitled (coop study 3), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 20 x 14 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154191-HCSIX74WB50SJWDE1APH/4_CoopStudy4.jpg Work - Coops Untitled (coop study 4), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 18 x 24 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154159-YJDVCDHX2AW8P3HNQO2M/3_CoopStudy3.jpg Work - Coops - Coops, 2013 Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/bint-al-nil-j2dcc monthly 0.5 2021-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152942-WKJ0GWIU07TEK7PGP05N/_Bint1.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/2864b605-671e-4eb3-b650-fbbbcf679e14/_Bint2.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Larmes D'Isis, 2018. Wood, cotton rope, acrylic paint and adobe. 108 x 16 inches. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152871-USUO6ZCD4H75XRY71NSF/_Bint3.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Larmes D'Isis, 2018. Wood, cotton rope, acrylic paint and adobe. 108 x 16 inches. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152912-KOBNDQCX4PKHFX5U64T8/_Bint4.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152801-NDDF66Y1PVDY0XY8YCNN/_Bint5.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil LEFT: Triple Disk Lotus (here I have returned), 2018. CENTER: Azbakeya (sun disk), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 28 x 74 inches. RIGHT: Larmes D'Isis, 2018. Wood, cotton rope, acrylic paint and adobe. 108 x 16 inches. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152811-ZMVTF39Q69X50AEJF155/_Bint7.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152928-NX94P9VCO07FJQZU5855/_Bint8.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil LEFT: RIGHT: Triple Disk Lotus (here I have returned), 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper mounted on MDF. 48 x 48 Inches. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152853-XUWM4YTGPPLUU2FA5L9N/_Bint9.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil LEFT: Storming Parliament II, 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 76 x 20 Inches. CENTER: Storming Parliament I, 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 76 x 27 Inches. RIGHT: Storming Parliament III, 2018. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 76 x 27 Inches. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152904-EFFB7IMWPDBV5XKH3PDT/_Bint11.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152919-3CTYUC35EQ1DWJ1IJBBP/_Bint12.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152935-Q5M94R2RFKBLZXA69EOI/_Bint13.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152879-E10P9S6O5ZWA6P3N1E3G/_Bint14.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152896-9W205AULPNLJMGNA45SX/_Bint15.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152888-Q9FDW06JR2SN491DQ739/_Bint16.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil Bint al-Nil, 2018. Installation view. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152765-YDIJ41MB3PSMXWON4FGV/Shafik_ResearchWall.jpg Work - Bint al-Nil - Bint al-Nil / Daughter of the Nile On February 19, 1951, Doria Shafik convened what had been announced as “a feminist congress” on the campus of the American University in Cairo. Before the gathering of 1500 women, Shafik declared, “Our meeting today is not a congress but a parliament. A true one! That of women! We are half the nation! We represent here the hope and despair of this important half of our nation.” The group then marched from Ewart Hall along Qasr al-Aini street to the gates of the Parliament, demanding that women be granted the right to vote and hold public office. The protest ultimately led to a declaration by the Egyptian government in January 1956 granting women citizens the right to vote. Nearly seven decades later, the American University in Cairo is hosting an exhibition by Egyptian-American artist Sherin Guirguis, who will be showing a series of paintings and sculptures inspired by the life, activism, and writings of Doria Shafik. “Bint al-Nil/Daughter of the Nile,” marks the first ever exhibition by the acclaimed artist in Egypt. Curated by Dr. Shiva Balaghi, the exhibit will be on view at the Tahrir Cultural Center from February 1 – 28, 2018. The exhibition title, “Bint al-Nil/Daughter of the Nile,” conveys layers of meaning. It references Shafik’s feminist organization and a journal she edited. The expression is also deeply personal for the artist, Guirguis, who was born in Luxor and raised in Cairo until her teen years when she emigrated to the United States with her family. The works that comprise the exhibit are part of the artist’s exploration of Egyptian feminism and Shafik through the lens of history and memory. Over the course of two years of research as she prepared to make this body of work, Guirguis integrated ideas and concepts from Shafik’s life into her own personal history and artistic development. This ongoing conversation became manifest in a collage that developed organically on the wall of her art studio in Los Angeles. A diary of sorts, the wall shows the way Guiguis translates feminist principles and poetics into her own inimitable visual language. Photographs of old Luxor from the artist’s family’s albums mix with portraits of Shafik, Passages from Shafik’s writings are pinned alongside architectural photographs, experimental drawings and sketches, swaths of lapis colored ink and patches of gold leaf. Just as Shafik wrote a thesis at the Sorbonne on ancient Egyptian art, Guirguis’ use of shapes and color are drawn from the ancient ruins of Luxor. All of it blends together into a mapping of Guirguis’ artistic practice in which traces of the Egyptian past find utterly contemporary cultural expression. What may appear as decorative flourishes are often meaningful artistic choices. In a series of three paintings, “Storming Parliament,” Guirguis has cut intricate patterns into paper, mimicking the design of the gates of the Egyptian parliament building. She then covers the paintings with a deep lapis blue ink in gestural form, reflecting the waters of the river Nile. A third painting in the series is embellished with gold leaf, echoing the use of gold in ancient Egyptian art. Photo Credit: Barry Iverson https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/mashrabeyas-z4w26 monthly 0.5 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154463-XD4HA014RMP4KJVVA3Z4/1_Lovers.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas The Lovers, 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 39 x 26 inches, each panel. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154441-CM0R59UOIGSY8CBBJ5HU/2_Leil.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (leil), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 48 x 48 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154473-5FK6QXH77NJCWO67K7YY/3_thalatha.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (thalatha), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 48 x 48 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154433-FM3SIRFFA84LRITVHZR4/4_BlueNile.JPG Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (blue nile), 2011. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 51 x 80 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154417-YQG3UO38WQYCOEJTFZRO/5_Dome.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (dome), 2011. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 51 x 96 inches, each panel. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154456-QSNDV9D9W57NB0AHMVCE/6_Sandstorm.JPG Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (sand storm), 2011. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 49 x 36 inches, each panel. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154448-OCIUX3FCKDZVMBHP3LYP/7_Mountain.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (mountain), 2010. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 78 x 52 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154425-JAN52W2HAV8T32G0CL0P/8_Smokescreen.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas Untitled (smoke screen), 2008. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 49 x 76 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154317-VSWZGXAHLBHD94ZR9JQ5/3_thalatha.jpg Work - Mashrabeyas - Mashrabeyas, 2008 – 2012 Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/one-i-call-tx8l4 monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153229-6LQ47S0UAM9W32IX3EXI/1_IMG_8217_sm.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call, 2017. Installation view. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153269-4GPCYPSI2MAC80A2ES31/2_AK2I6011_sm.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call, 2017 (detail). Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153253-7T1T8OZYWH14EB707E98/3_AK2I5916_sm.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call, 2017. Installation view. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153237-9VZ0RA2LIHIG73NBQ4YH/4_AK2I5975_sm.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call, 2017. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153245-X5YWRCGJYRNL9H1N1HKV/5_AK2I5984_sm.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call, 2017. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153261-6ONS0JA98Q4Z4YWA0CSC/6_IMG_8464.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call, 2017. Installation view. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153214-RT88VUPWM2I39AGA8FNI/1_IMG_8217_sm.jpg Work - One I Call // Desert X 2017 - One I Call // Desert X 2017 One I Call is a site-specific sculpture commissioned for the inaugural iteration of the Desert X Biennial, Palm Springs. The work reflects on the complex web of narratives surrounding deserts and desert communities. The piece is modeled after traditional pigeon towers found throughout the desert villages of Egypt. The practice of homing pigeons spans multiple traditions, illustrating a narrative of migration across space and time. The piece stands at once as a beacon, a sanctuary and a memorial for the people and communities of the desert who's histories are often dismissed or marginalized. The piece addresses concerns of cultural agency, environmental protection and displacement at stake in the Coachella Valley and many similar desert communities across the world. Thank you to the many collaborators that made this project happen: Bob Dornberger, WHY Architecture, Hooman Fazly, Earth Architect; Don Worley, Lead Earth Builder; Aker + Nisu, Nathan Wright, Tracy Polkownikow, Wade Lucas, earth builders. The Wildlands Conservancy, Jack Thompson, Regional Director; Kyle Christensen, Jose Cortez, Tori Stanton; the Desert X Production Team and the many volunteers . . . Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/kholkhal monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152713-5OWW9HYZBG2WIV03Q41W/_Kholkhal1.jpg Work - Kholkhal Aliaa // Desert X AlUla 2020 Kholkhal Aliaa, 2020. Installation view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152706-B233RGDA7ZLPDDL4A127/_Kholkhal2.jpeg Work - Kholkhal Aliaa // Desert X AlUla 2020 Kholkhal Aliaa, 2020. Installation view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152691-RFVGDBQIIVG8AZ76EPBM/_Kholkhal4.jpg Work - Kholkhal Aliaa // Desert X AlUla 2020 Kholkhal Aliaa, 2020 (detail). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152698-917STSOH33WKCCVROUXQ/_Kholkhal5.jpg Work - Kholkhal Aliaa // Desert X AlUla 2020 Kholkhal Aliaa, 2020 (detail). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156152639-YZX0EPAENM3Y7C3AN0MI/Kholkhal_extra_1.JPG Work - Kholkhal Aliaa // Desert X AlUla 2020 - Kholkhal Aliaa // Desert X AlUla 2020 Kholkhal Aliaa, 2019 is inspired by a Bedouin anklet given to me by my mother. Its specific history is unknown to me, however the fiction around its journey from mother to daughter over generations intrigues me. The striking form of the kholkhal, ornamented with enormous spikes and delicate detailing, conveys power, elegance and female agency. As a piece of jewelry, it is something intimately related to the body but meant as a public symbol of union and promise. It is a tracker of footsteps in the desert, of bodies moving in the sand, in public space. A sign of union and connection, the depth of meaning that lies in its ornamentation and what is often dismissed as merely decorative is undeniable. Abstracting and concentrating the form of this powerful object, and scaling it in relation to a vast landscape, something like a collective body rather than an individual body, Kholkhal Aliaa sets this circular form levitating between the two walls of an enclosed gorge, acting as a shelter and a bridge, a culmination of the journey to the site. The site — an extraordinary embodiment of contrasts — a sheltering space made of hard rock, where the earth becomes the body adorned. The piece was produced for Desert X AlUla, 2020. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/my-place-is-the-placeless-l2cz2 monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153167-2NYILV77NQWZ2P6018Y6/10_AK2I3798_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless My Place is the Placeless, 2017. Installation view. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153189-Q9NNEMNL3R6V5CDCJ3M2/2_AK2I3729_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless My Place is the Placeless, 2017. Site-specific adobe installation and research materials. Adobe, sand, burlap, wood, gold leaf and research material. Earth building in collaboration with Nathan Wright and Wade Lucas. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153160-KONPINARXCB0DZJCTZKP/3_AK2I3748_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless My Place is the Placeless, 2017 (detail). Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153120-2MJF3ZDPWOQ8W5Z2LS1Y/4_AK2I3757_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless My Place is the Placeless, 2017 (detail). Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153137-ZTMVX936A90RQBF4FMJJ/1_AK2I3671_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless Placeless III, 2017. Mixed media on paper mounted on wood panel. 18 x 14 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153153-G0HRMZC2IYIF9WYIT8X6/5_AK2I3764_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless Left: Placeless II, 2017. Mixed media on paper mounted on wood panel. 14 x 11 inches. Right: Placeless I 2017. Mixed media on paper mounted on wood panel. 14 x 11 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153130-NAV3AI6AIL5P8BWVLA37/6_AK2I3677_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless My Place is the Placeless, 2017. Installation View. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153145-9BWMTJGRLHT00K3W1JPV/7_AK2I3780_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless Sun, Sky, Eye, 2017. Mixed media installation. Latex paint, gold leaf, adobe and sand. Dimensions variable. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153181-6PLPU2SZE5WJM24E0VF2/8_AK2I3787_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless Sun, Sky, Eye, 2017 (detail). Mixed media installation. Latex paint, gold leaf, adobe and sand. Dimensions variable. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153174-GQRU43F8EHAXTXX1NL8T/9_AK2I3770_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless Earth, Sky, Eye, 2017. Mixed media installation. Latex paint, gold leaf, adobe, sand and gypsum board. Dimensions variable. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153103-9OKDS9UUHXYE5K2H7QQY/2_AK2I3729_sm.jpg Work - My Place is the Placeless - My Place is the Placeless In this 18th Street Art Center Artist Lab and exhibition My Place is the Placeless, Guirguis created an environment for investigations into the intersections of art and activism through explorations of materials made from the earth’s elements, including pigment, paper, soil and water. Guirguis seeks to address issues of displacement, environmental destruction, and cultural and historical memory loss in her work, as well as through conversations with local artists engaged in political activism, and workshops with local Santa Monica youth and adult participants. The adobe structure was created in collboartion with earthbuilders Nathan Wright and Wade Lucas. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/cairo-trilogy-9fs5r monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154123-OCSGGX0P5LVAX2G2BD09/1_QES1.jpg Work - Cairo Trilogy Qasr El Shoaq, 2010. Plywood, aluminum and lead. 69 x 94 x 26 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154130-2BKOZQYLG890Y8MMX42I/2_BeinAlQasrein.jpg Work - Cairo Trilogy Bein Al-Qasrein, 2010. Walnut, plywood and lead. 96 x 29 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Joshua White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154138-MMPLAWIBGAPAPEG7EM51/3_ElSokareya.jpg Work - Cairo Trilogy Untitled (el sokareya), 2013. Plywood. 84 x 84 x 88 inches. Photo Credit: Jeff Mclane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154108-MUHSJI1MGUNGCZDC1FRN/1_QES1.jpg Work - Cairo Trilogy - Cairo Trilogy, 2010 – 2013 These three large-scale kinetic sculptures are inspired by Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy, which maps the cultural evolution in Egypt and the breakdown and reconstruction of post-colonial Egypt. Fabricated in the shape of traditional Arabic jewelry, and constructed from materials similar to harem mashrabeyas, these decorative pieces and their rocking movements reference a woman's body as she walks down a public street. That they only function when interacted with by a viewer, fluctuating from passive and beautiful to flailing and threatening, the sculptures allude to the role each individual has in contributing towards established sexual mores. Qasr El Shoaq moves slowly and methodically on a single axis, rocking slowly back and forth; Bien El Qasrein twirls, rocks and spins erratically and is the most unpredictable; El Sokareya is completely static and deconstructed. Shifts in cultural and political paradigms are embodied in the objects’ formal language, both decorative and minimal, as well as the performative interactions. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/passages-6bxl9 monthly 0.5 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/72d01023-e12e-4c80-a7a9-fd5a3181a582/TTL-2013-11-02-1894.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Passages // Toroq, 2013. Installation Shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/845a9437-3908-4755-94ca-9ceb7ed664a1/TTL-2013-11-02-1896.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Passages // Toroq, 2013. Installation Shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/eba635b8-759d-4de4-b945-c7732f184689/TTL-2013-11-02-1890.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Passages // Toroq, 2013. Installation Shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153737-A6SY2QC0EIFTIWVKENP4/1_BabHuda.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (bab huda), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 108 x 72 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153761-9XFTY4OS9OABYN1LHAMY/2_lahzetzaman.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (lahzet zaman), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 108 x 72 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153809-PRDT2VIG3FWWW6ROW01I/3_BabelHadeed.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (bab el hadeed), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 108 x 72 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153726-YOWWQE9QH0R7COH3120A/4_NoorElHudaI.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (noor el-huda I), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 73 x 36 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153698-Y7NZ3RA822BQIDKDZHEH/5_NoorElHudaII.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (noor el-huda II), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 73 x 36 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153714-6QMRXB8V05XRTHS48HWT/6_ShubbakI.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (shubbak I), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 72 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153772-T3EJ2QUON1N5CNOF5IGF/7_ShubbakII.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (shubbak II), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 72 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153749-8XDT3BKSKEKY66R3X9MV/8_ShubbakIII.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (shubbak III), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 72 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153828-IRZ16UQZMILL63BQLMT3/9_ShubbakIV.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (shubbak IV), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 72 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153797-1JLW74R2RGGPIOAX6VD8/10_ShubbakV.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (shubbak V), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 72 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156153785-94R8L3E5Y19WNIT5HV4G/11_ShubbakVI.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq Untitled (shubbak VI), 2013. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 72 x 29 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634267898809-FE4SIK5IEYNV7TA04PB6/Passages_Install.jpg Work - Passages // Toroq - Passages // Toroq, 2013 For Passages //Toroq, the artist presents works in two parallel series that address concerns of identity formation, highlighted predominantly in the wake of the mercurial Arab Springs. The title of the exhibition refers to both to the literary and historical passages that are quoted in the work as well as the social passageways or toroq forged by the revolution. Crucial to its people, the revolution defies the political, social and cultural standards that have been imposed by and grown out of colonization. Guirguis references historical developments in Egypt in order to have a clearer insight to the present. In this series of paintings the artist explores transitional spaces from historically relevant locations in Egyptian feminism – more specifically the life of Huda Shaarawi, a pioneer Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist, and the birth of the Egyptian Women's Union. By continuing her previous practice of hand cut works on paper, embedded with gold powder and gold leafing, Guirguis uses architectural references such as doorways, windows, and arches to convey the significance of site and the role it plays in establishing a radical ideology. The paintings include a representation of the door to Huda Shaarawi’s house (one of the last functional harems in the country and a gathering place for the Egyptian Women’s Union) and the Cairo railway station Bab El-Hadid, where she and her collegue Saiza Nabrawi removed their veils. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/duwamah-pysdl monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154250-1HV73R2RU88DLA0J7JCY/1_khosoufII.jpg Work - Duwamah Untitled (khosouf II), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 48 x 48 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154275-IB23OKY30EEEPVGT0ABI/2_medan.jpg Work - Duwamah Untitled (medan), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 48 x 48 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154259-4XM9CCZR2AADPA2RAYRX/3_EvilEye_XO4W8090.jpg Work - Duwamah Untitled (evil eye), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 48 x 48 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154284-IFIV5QXEMZTOMXMP32XZ/4_Wadi.jpg Work - Duwamah Untitled (wadi), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 48 x 48 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154242-VQIT2FJ2MY2L1D50M5TO/5_khosoufI.jpg Work - Duwamah Untitled (khosouf I), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 36 x 76 inches. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154267-1ZWXETNBJTEVIZBRJZTQ/6_maadwugazr.jpg Work - Duwamah Untitled (maad wu gazr), 2012. Mixed media on hand-cut paper. 78 x 48 inches, each panel. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154226-FX1Y4WNA5DGNJPET88C4/1_khosoufII.jpg Work - Duwamah - Duwamah, 2012 Notions of social upheaval have subtly expressed themselves in artist Sherin Guirguis’ work for some time. The Duwamah series (rip current) draws upon events resulting in the so-called “Arab Spring”, but particularly in the artist’s native Egypt. The protests in Tahrir Square that resulted in the overthrow of the Mubarak regime influenced both the content and the formal iteration of this series of work. This revolution carried with it the potential for both a new democracy or an even more oppressive political regime and it is this threshold moment that she investigates. Due to restrictions on journalists during the final days of the Mubarak regime, reporting and documentation of the revolution were restricted to a single disseminated aerial shot of the square, sanctioned by the government. Tahrir Square, famed in Cairo for having no central monument, came to resemble a solar system or wheel from a helicopter’s aerial vantage point. Protestors have flowed and continue now to flow in and out of the concentric circles of the square; an inner circle of tents, enclosed in a circle of protestors who are in turn encircled by army, police and tanks. This series of concentric circles has, for the artist, become a cipher or vessel for the revolution. Tahrir Square asserts an overarching influence on the art in Duwamah, serving as a microcosm of the current global political moment, a permeable global culture fueled by transparency and the interconnectedness fostered by new modes of communication. Photo Credit: Panic Studio L.A. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/here-i-have-returned-y7a4b monthly 0.5 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154055-DWV6PRHDOLJDIRHN6JL0/LarmesdIsisII_2.jpg Work - Here I Have Returned Larmes d'Isis II, 2019. Plywood, rope, acrylic paint, gold leaf and adobe. Dimensions variable (approximately 30 ft x 4 ft). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154065-X065A4FUM87HHNDNYXF6/LarmesdIsisII_3.jpg Work - Here I Have Returned Larmes d'Isis II, 2019. Plywood, rope, acrylic paint, gold leaf and adobe. Dimensions variable (approximately 30 ft x 4 ft). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154048-6IJQQ3VKKVHAVG9LU4X3/LarmesdIsisII_4.jpg Work - Here I Have Returned Larmes d'Isis II, 2019. Plywood, rope, acrylic paint, gold leaf and adobe. Dimensions variable (approximately 30 ft x 4 ft). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154040-HSDOK99QMEWBBKAD6D65/LarmesdIsisII_5.jpg Work - Here I Have Returned Larmes d'Isis II, 2019. Plywood, rope, acrylic paint, gold leaf and adobe. Dimensions variable (approximately 30 ft x 4 ft). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1634156154022-DUW3TS1F149XAFIP9SO3/LarmesdIsisII_1.jpg Work - Here I Have Returned - Here I Have Returned Building on her longtime interest in mining lost histories, Sherin Guirguis, an Egypt-born, L.A.-based artist, will fill the museum’s two-story Rauenhorst Court with an installation of hand-cut works on paper and sculpture, inspired by a largely forgotten writer and leader of the Egyptian feminist movement, Doria Shafik (1908-1975). These new works merge several broad themes and interests evident in Guirguis’s body of work, including architectural design, craft traditions, language, and poetry. Read the catalogue essay here. https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/forever-is-now monthly 0.5 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/0dae9616-043c-4c66-a345-d9c5a57d75ef/01.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021. Installation view. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/f0230c86-251c-426e-8efa-a7b4c4c799ce/04b.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021 (detail). Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/0cb908f2-1e1c-47d4-92a6-7f8bba02a7a9/05.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021 (detail). Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/5ecb58cc-eca2-4852-8cd6-7b3d6ba73808/06.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021 (detail). Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/69beda50-5b7f-4665-a44d-9b2f8bd3b3fb/08.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021. Installation view. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/0c860545-fdbd-4409-97a2-4006304eef6f/09a.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpeg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021. Installation view. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/0366d975-5c36-40e6-b3e7-7a61fa64daaf/09b.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpeg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021. Installation view. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/1b2da388-6c0e-4ea9-9d17-e4f00d8866a0/10.Guirguis.Credit_Ammar.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021. Installation view. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/c2f318fa-720e-4c49-bf34-da1adc7c902f/11.Guirguis.Credit_Ammar.jpg Work - Forever is Now Here I Have Returned, 2021. Installation view. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/f40294a7-913f-45ab-aa74-caad08c8d59f/04a.Guirguis.Credit_Hesham_E_+Saifi.jpg Work - Forever is Now - Forever is Now “Here I Have Returned” is a site-specific sculpture installed in 2021 at the Pyramids Plateau in Giza, Egypt as Part of the Forever is Now Exhibition. The sculpture’s form is inspired by that of an ancient sistrum, a sacred musical instrument used by the priestesses of Hathor during sacred rituals and processions. Engraved with pharaonic inspired patterns and excerpts from a poem by Egyptian feminist Doria Shafik. The indigo fabric elements are embedded with Jasmine oil sourced from local Egyptian farms, honoring the work of the women who harvest the delicate flowers in the dawn hours. The sculpture is both shelter and monument - a site of connection with the sacred burial grounds – it is positioned to refocus the gaze onto the lesser-known queen’s pyramids. The sound and scent are activated by the gusts winds that regularly sweep through the plateau and act as an ethereal echo of rituals performed there many centuries ago. Serving as both a remembrance of history and an invitation to connect these narratives to the present, the work sets out to make the invisible work of generations of under-recognized women visible once more. “Forever is Now” is an exhibition by Art D’Egypte in partnership with UNESCO Heritage Sites. The piece was produced entirely in Egypt, in collaboration with Meuble El Chark and supported by bardoLA. Photo Credit: Hesham Saifi https://www.sheringuirguis.com/work/aaru monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/688da62c-1fe8-45c2-a512-51fa8b69e94e/_Aaru_2.jpg Work - A'aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 A'aru, 2022. Installation view. Photo Credit: Panic Studio LA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/7856dfd4-99c4-4077-9699-c8a60df214b1/_Aaru_3.jpg Work - A'aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 A'aru, 2022. Installation view. Photo Credit: Path 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/cf60a0b3-a248-4418-aa58-82d5df085436/_Aaru_4.jpg Work - A'aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 A'aru, 2022 (detail). Photo Credit: Path 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/2b98d53b-bdfc-4e61-8cc1-1d8b409c7df2/_Aaru_5.jpg Work - A'aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 A'aru, 2022 (detail). Photo Credit: Path 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/f165652d-3821-413b-9017-5b6adfa5e7ab/6_Aaru.jpg Work - A'aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 A'aru, 2022. Installation view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61673e78a5ad4063276b51ec/0c7eeb89-618c-4d4b-87b9-0cb9fe7b9de9/_Aaru_1.jpg Work - A'aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 - A’aru // Candlewood Arts Festival 2022 Photo Credit: Panic Studio LA