View from the solo exhibition "Asleep in Another Dimension", Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp
View from the solo exhibition "Asleep in Another Dimension", Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp
view from the exhibition A Peacock and a Hippo Walk into an Existential Debate, 2019 at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse
view from the exhibition A Peacock and a Hippo Walk into an Existential Debate, 2019 at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse
view from the exhibition A Peacock and a Hippo Walk into an Existential Debate, 2019 at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse
view from the exhibition A Peacock and a Hippo Walk into an Existential Debate, 2019 at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse
view from the exhibition A Peacock and a Hippo Walk into an Existential Debate, 2019 at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse
The Universe Stopped to Gaze at our Footprints (no. 2), 2014, from Only Stone, Bronze and the Sky Shall Outlive all the Rest at hunt kastner, 2017
The Universe Stopped to Gaze at our Footprints (no. 2), 2014, lightbox, 110 x 110 cm
The Universe Stopped to Gaze at our Footprints (no. 1), 2014, lightbox, 110 x 110 cm
The Universe Stopped to Gaze at our Footprints (no. 3), 2014, lightbox, 110 x 110 cm
Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm (reprise), 2016, 5 Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides
from Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, 24,5 x 31 cm (framed)
from Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, 24,5 x 31 cm (framed)
from Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, 24,5 x 31 cm (framed)
from Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, 24,5 x 31 cm (framed)
from Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, 24,5 x 31 cm (framed)
from Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range | A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, 31 x 24,5 cm (framed)
The Many Colors of the Sky Radiate Forgetfulness, 2014, from the exhibition Only Stone, Bronze and the Sky Shall Outlive all the Rest at hunt kastner, 2017, super 16mm film transferred to Full HD video, 11"9'
The Many Colors of the Sky Radiate Forgetfulness, 2014, from the exhibition Only Stone, Bronze and the Sky Shall Outlive all the Rest at hunt kastner, 2017, super 16mm film transferred to Full HD video, 11"9'
The Many Colors of the Sky Radiate Forgetfulness, 2014, super 16mm film transferred to Full HD video, 11"09'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/103874493">see video</a>
View from the exhibition Only Stone, Bronze and the Sky Shall Outlive all the Rest at hunt kastner, 2017
The Future of Your Head, 2008, two way mirror, willow wood, christmas lights and electric wiring, 214 x 256 x 80 cm
The Future of Your Head, 2008, two way mirror, willow wood, christmas lights and electric wiring, 214 x 256 x 80 cm
Clowns, view from the solo exhibition The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2016, text. acrylic fluorescent paint, dimension and colors variable
An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, 7 C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material
60 x 90 cm / 60 x 60 cm each
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 90 cm
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 60 cm
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 90 cm
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 60 cm
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 90 cm
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 90 cm
from An Island Recalls the Tangled Details of Its Past Life as a Poem of Solitude and Unrecorded Events, 2016, C-Prints from chemically-altered slides on Fujiflex Metallic material,
60 x 90 cm
Masquerading as an Oversized Underwater Mountain Range / A Make Believe Rainbow After a Storm, 2016, 23 Fuji FP-100C instant photographs transferred from 16mm film, 35mm pickled slides, GIF animations with spray paint, acrylic and ink. 24.5 x 31 cm each (framed)
No Shooting Stars, 2016, Super 16mm and GIF animations transferred to Full HD, 14"25'
No Shooting Stars, 2016, Super 16mm and GIF animations transferred to Full HD, 14"25'
No Shooting Stars, 2016, Super 16mm and GIF animations transferred to Full HD, 14"25'
No Shooting Stars, 2016, Super 16mm and GIF animations transferred to Full HD, 14"25'
No Shooting Stars, 2016, Super 16mm and GIF animations transferred to Full HD, 14"25'
No Shooting Stars, 2016, Super 16mm and GIF animations transferred to Full HD, 14"25'
view from the exhibition Basim Magdy, the Stars were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, 2016
The Future of Your Head, view from the solo exhibition Stars were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin in 2016, two-way mirror, willow wood, christmas lights and electric wiring, 214 x 256 x 80 cm
view from the exhibition Basim Magdy, the Stars were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, 2016
An Apology to a Love Story that Crashed into a Whale, 2016, 64 C-Prints on Fujiflex Metallic Paper, 48 x 72 cm each
view from the exhibition Basim Magdy, the Stars were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, 2016
Clowns, 2014, view from the exhibition Art in General, New York, text. acrylic fluorescent paint, dimension and colors variable
A New World of Flat Vertical Humour Invisible from Above, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 82 x 100 cm
A Population With Empty Buckets for Eyes and Cynical Smiles Considers Fighting Poverty for Redemption, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 97.5 x 97.5 cm
It Was Time for an Endless Nap, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 82 x 100 cm
Our TV Screens Showed Nations Pickling Their Dreams in Concrete Containers, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 97.5 x 97.5 cm
Progress Arrived Disguised as Drunken Geometry on Wheels, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 97.5 x 120 cm
The Past, the Present and the Future Danced Intimately Like Curtains Kissing the Ocean, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 97.5 x 120 cm
The Stars Were Aligned for a Day of World Domination, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 82 x 100 cm
We Couldn’t Explore the High Seas so We Collected Shells Dressed as Other Specimens, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 97.5 x 97.5 cm
We Saw Our Neighbours Constructing Amber Palaces for Their Protectors, 2015, C-print from chemically–altered slide on metallic paper, 97.5 x 120 cm
The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 30 C-Prints from chemically altered slides on metallic paper, 35.5 x 52.5 x 3.5 cm (framed), 197.5 cm x 340 cm full installation
Installation view Art in General, New York. Photo: Charles Benton
from The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 35.5 x 52.5x 3.5cm (framed)
from The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 35.5 x 52.5x 3.5cm (framed)
from The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 35.5 x 52.5x 3.5cm (framed)
from The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 35.5 x 52.5x 3.5cm (framed)
from The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 35.5 x 52.5x 3.5cm (framed)
from The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, 2014, 35.5 x 52.5x 3.5cm (framed)
The Everyday Ritual of Solitude Hatching Monkeys, 2014, 16 mm film transferred to Full HD, 14"
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/112791151">see video</a>
Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
from Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape, 2013, 80 chemically treated slides, slide projector,
Installation view Home Works 6, Beirut
13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, 2011, super 8 film transferred to HD video, 5"16'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/32191221">see video</a>
Every Subtle Gesture, view from exhibition When Thought Evades the Great Thinker, artSümer,, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm each (framed)
Forgetfulness Never Dwelled Anywhere But in the Details, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
He Invited His Enemies To His Concrete Castle And Slaughted Them At Dawn, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
He Swore It All Took Place Under A Giant Glass Dome, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
Past Mistakes Dissected Like Dead Frogs, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
She Fell For A National Hero Who Cooked Three Wolves In A Pot, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
The Silver Crows Stood Stranded Between Jupiter and Mars, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
They Showered with Gold and Bathed In Honey, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
Disaster Loomed Ahead Any time He Got Close To A Miracle, from the series Every Subtle Gesture, 2012, color prints on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and Letterpress silver text, 52 x 45 cm
A World Within a World Within a World Within an Green Coral Wall, 2014, 2014, C-print from a chemically altered negative on metallic paper, 82 x 82 cm
A World Within a World Within a World Within an Orange Coral Wall, 2014, C-print from a chemically altered negative on metallic paper, 82 x 82 cm
And the Sky Outlived All That was too Heavy to Elevate Itself, 2014, C-print from a chemically altered positive on metallic paper, 34 x 51cm
Fate Brought Us to the Shores of a Lava Lake at Dawn (no. 1), 2014, C-print from a chemically altered negative on metallic paper, 82 x 100 cm
Fate Brought Us to the Shores of a Lava Lake at Dawn (no. 2), 2014, C-print from a chemically altered negative on metallic paper. 82 x 100 cm
The Cautious Passing of Light Through Endless Layers of Forgiveness, 2014, C-print from a chemically altered negative on metallic paper, 82 x 100 cm
Crystal Ball, 2013, double Super 8 transferred to HD video, 7"
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/75316551">see video</a>
Crystal Ball, 2013, double Super 8 transferred to HD video, 7"
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/75316551">see video</a>
Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship, 2012, Super 8 film transferred to HD video, 9" 31'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/time-laughs-back-at-you-like-a-sunken-sh">see video</a>
Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship, 2012, Super 8 film transferred to HD video, 9" 31'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/time-laughs-back-at-you-like-a-sunken-sh">see video</a>
Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship, 2012, Super 8 film transferred to HD video, 9" 31'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/time-laughs-back-at-you-like-a-sunken-sh">see video</a>
A Film About The Way Things Are, 2010, Super 8 film transferred to video, 11" 07'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/a-film-about-the-way-things-are-517c6">see video</a>
A Film About The Way Things Are, 2010, Super 8 film transferred to video, 11" 07'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/a-film-about-the-way-things-are-517c6">see video</a>
My Father Looks For An Honest City, 2010, Super 8 film transferred to HD video, 5" 28'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/my-father-looks-for-an-honest-city-08987">see video</a>
My Father Looks For An Honest City, 2010, Super 8 film transferred to HD video, 5" 28'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/my-father-looks-for-an-honest-city-08987">see video</a>
My Father Looks For An Honest City, 2010, Super 8 film transferred to HD video, 5" 28'
<p style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.basimmagdy.com/my-father-looks-for-an-honest-city-08987">see video</a>