Sherin Guirguis: El Biet El Kabeer Opening Reception Anonymous September 10, 2015 Loading Map.... Shulamit Nazarian gallery17 N Venice Blvd - Los AngelesEvents 33.9845967 -118.47109269999999 Date/Time Date(s) - 09/10/20157:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location Shulamit Nazarian gallery Categories Arts and culture Los Angeles-based artist Sherin Guirguis will unveil a new group of sculptures based on the nuances of heritage, home, and modern conceptions of identity. Sherin Guirguis references her Middle Eastern heritage and melds it with contemporary Western aesthetics to create powerful works of art. Her new group of sculptures—the final part in a three part series of works entitled El Biet El Kabeer—was inspired by water vessels, or Ollal, found in many older or traditional Egyptian households in the southern parts of the country. In Guiguis’ work Arabic ornamentation and geometric patterns are are laser cut into aluminum panels, then mounted upon wood cores. These objects reference the shapes of the Ollal, yet they are clearly not functional as such. The Guirguis family home in Luxor, Egypt, the last remaining physical connection to a homeland for the artist, was demolished in 2007, an event that triggered the ideas that led to this body of work. The sculptures are symbols and physical repositories for ephemeral memories and lost places. Guirguis’ unique emigrant experience is a personal story that fits into the larger historical context as a compelling and very human case study. For more info: http://shulamitnazarian.com
