Wael Darwish Statement
In the past few years I have been much concerned with the changing perceptions and the state of continuous social metamorphosis that Egypt witnessed in the last three decades. In my mixed media projects, I try to probe several phenomenon that constitute for me some permanent obsessions, like time, its relevance to the subject matter employed, elements of migration, gender, identity, among other themes that attract several Egyptian artists of my generation. Technically, I apply assemblages to create installation / sculptural states that transcend simple two-dimensional art forms;...more
