{"id":12408,"date":"2019-01-30T14:44:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T10:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/?p=12408"},"modified":"2019-01-30T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T10:44:30","slug":"3012019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/3012019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Samir Rafi show puts surrealism in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-highlight\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I really wanted to spotlight an artist who hasn\u2019t had the recognition that he deserves and hasn\u2019t been shown properly,\u201d says Yasmin Atassi, director of Dubai\u2019s Green Art Gallery. She is talking about the gallery\u2019s current exhibition \u2014 a solo retrospective of the late Egyptian modernist Samir Rafi.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHe was a deeply intellectual artist, who created his own visual language and universe that is full of symbolism,\u201d Atassi explains.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Considered one of Dubai\u2019s first contemporary art galleries, Green Art Gallery opened in 1995 as a salon d\u2019art in the neighborhood of Jumeirah. Pioneers of modern Arab art \u2014 including Iraq\u2019s Dia Azzawi, the late Syrian artist Fateh Moudarres, and Lebanon\u2019s Hussein Madi \u2014 roamed the halls of the gallery and showcased their works to enthusiasts and collectors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once a year, the gallery, which has sinced moved to Al-Serkal Avenue, steers away from its contemporary art shows of conceptual installations and digital art and goes back to basics, developing research-driven exhibitions of a historical context, revealing museum-quality works by Middle Eastern luminaries of the twentieth century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/445491\/samir_rafi_lifes_tragedy_1949_oil_on_panel_58.5_x_78_x_3_cm_image_courtesy_of_barjeel_art_foundation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe aim to go back to Green Art Gallery\u2019s roots, since the gallery is steeped in the modern art history of the region,\u201d Atassi says. \u201cI also think that we have the audience for it, because the younger generation is interested in the older generation.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This year, it is Rafi\u2019s turn to shine. \u201cSpotlight on Samir Rafi\u201d runs through March 5. It is Rafi\u2019s first solo exhibition in the Gulf, and includes 13 works gathered from his family\u2019s estate, and from private and public collections. The works range from delicate pieces on paper to elaborate oil paintings and were all created between the 1940s and the 1990s.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Rafi was born in Cairo in 1926, and gained a scholarship to the Sorbonne in Paris in the early Fifties. He lived in the French capital until his death in 2004.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">His sometimes surreal and always thought-provoking compositions, from lonesome figures to menacing wolf-like dogs, often intertwine political and personal narratives. Despite his powerful work, his willingness to experiment with a variety of mediums, and his uncensored and passionate style, however Rafi remains one of the lesser-explored figures of Egyptian modern art, even though he is associated with groundbreaking artistic movements that were birthed in Egypt during the politically and culturally tumultuous twentieth century.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Early in his career, Rafi was invited by the\u00a0Art et Libert\u00e9 collective to participate\u00a0in a couple of their exhibitions. Composed of both Egyptians and foreigners, this short-lived yet highly productive group of artists, established in Cairo in the late 1930s,\u00a0was deeply influenced by the imaginative realm of surrealism.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis was during post-independence Egypt. It was a hotbed for intellectuals, poets, writers, and photographers who were fleeing the war in Europe,\u201d Atassi says. \u201cThe Art et Libert\u00e9 group were trying to create a new art form for the people in Egypt, because they felt the old art form was very provincial and conservative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/445491\/sr009_lr_samir_rafi_lavenue_ph._auguste_depuis_le_26_juin_1974_pastel_on_paper75x45cm_image_courtesy_of_ubuntu_art_gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"699\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On display at the exhibition, one finds a rare, blue-colored, dreamlike drawing \u2014 a close-up of a hand holding onto plants \u00ac\u2014 executed in 1943, when Rafi was a 17-year-old student, revealing his surrealist tendencies early on in his career.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After the dismantlement of the Art et Libert\u00e9 group, a new artistic identity was formed through the birth of the Contemporary Art Group during the mid-1940s, of which Rafi was an integral, co-founding, member. The group was fueled by nationalism \u2014 inspired by the rise of the Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser \u2014 leading to the creation of authentically Egyptian imagery in a modern manner.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Contemporary Art Group wanted to convey what Egypt was all about, they had felt that the Art et Libert\u00e9 group was a little too Westernized,\u201d Atassi explains.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Like many artists of his time, despite his modernist tendencies, Rafi was deeply inspired by the history of art, most notably the iconic figures of ancient Egyptian art and Nubian wall paintings. Such references can be seen, for instance, in his pen-on-paper drawing from 1950 depicting a woman whose posture resembles that of the statuesque hieroglyph carrying plants while being guarded by a wolfdog.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of the larger works on display is \u201cThe Visit,\u201d a magnificent and sensual painting on a rug, which was created in 1965. Like much of Rafi\u2019s work, the piece invites viewers to form their own interpretation \u2014 one can sense some kind of power play occurring between the composition\u2019s two subjects: a man and a woman standing side by side. A striking element of the image is the sense of empowerment exuded by the voluptuous, nude woman. With her wide eyes and dark hair, her quiet confidence contrasts that of the vulnerable man whose hands are tied. Perhaps the constrained man symbolizes Egypt and its people, whereas the woman offers hope, freedom, and light, emphasized by the candle she carries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/445491\/sr010_lr_samir_rafi_school_of_fine_arts_1943_mixed_media_on_paper_39x28cm_image_courtesy_of_ubuntu_art_gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"1085\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Looking into Rafi\u2019s works from the 1970s \u2014 a time of regional uncertainty marked by the death of Nasser in 1970 and the Arab-Israeli War in 1973 \u2014 his \u2018trademark\u2019 depiction of the wolfdog becomes increasingly apparent, creating a constant tension and adding a political undertone to his work. In one picture, Rafi depicts two wolves devouring each other. In another, a snarling wolfdog gains power as a man is imprisoned in a cage.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to Myrna Ayad, a Dubai-based independent arts consultant who oversaw the growth of the Modern section as former director of Art Dubai, the wolf likely speaks of Rafi\u2019s frustrations with the status quo of the region.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cRafi\u2019s work is highly sensual and highly political,\u201d Ayad tells Arab News. \u201cI think the wolf is a metaphor for the ugliness of mankind. I think Rafi was trying to say that we, as mankind, can be animalistic and aggressive. Artists like Rafi were not immune to their surroundings and were the greatest historians because they were recording their own interpretation.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Not all the images on display contain such stark and heavy content. 1957\u2019s \u201cTwo Crouching Men,\u201d for example, a depiction of villagers \u2014 a favored theme among Egyptian artists at that time, exudes a peaceful ambience with its earthy tones and geometry. And as one leaves the exhibition a raw painting of a man lying on a (death)bed suspended over a hole in the floor \u2014 \u201cLife\u2019s Tragedy\u201d \u2014 reminds the viewer of the inevitability of endings. Yet despite its grim title, this calm composition, painted in the early years of the Contemporary Art Group era, also seems to represent a kind of liberation and rebirth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>www.arabnews.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really wanted to spotlight an artist who hasn\u2019t had the recognition that he deserves and hasn\u2019t been shown properly,\u201d says Yasmin Atassi, director of Dubai\u2019s Green Art Gallery. 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