In this exhibition, I have tried to introduce my concept of the relationship between the traditional & the contemporary.

In my view, from is composed of various elements. These combine in curving lines thatcan be perceived in the aesthetic attributes revealed by Egyptian nature, in shapes that evoke mathematical or geometrical configurations, regular circles that sometimes bursting out. They can also suggest triangles that may take the contours of firmly entrenched pyramids..or pinnacles of towering obelisks that portray spiral-like creatures emerging from the sea or even the components of a simple receiver set system.

All these shapes, individually or collectively, are imposed by the dogma of the scientific era in which we live…nonetheless their inter-relationship reflects the angst experienced by humankind. This is emphasized by the erect posture of these shapes with all their weight resting on spikes in desperate attempt to stand firm and secure equilibrium…Will this be possible? Will the structure collapse?

These are queries posed by the canvases before you, a warning perhaps to mankind…or a denunciation of science despite its importance as aproduct of the human mind. These elements have roots and specificities in our cultural heritage.

Perhaps these figures call to mind a spaceship soaring towards the unknown…or implythat the planet in which we live is drawing to its end…or reflect futuristic structures on other plantes…or spaces stations dispatched or received by unknown worlds. This impression is confirmed by the clarity of colour, by the strength and purity of Egyptian nature, by the unequivocal form stemming from a Pharaonic heritage and geographic loaction. We are left with as vision of mysterious world that may have been summoned by magic and legend. Are the sun boats, the pyramids, the obelisks harbingers of the space age…or an expression of a world that has already been accomplished?

These are among the many questions posed by my works in this exhibition. I hope they will invite us all think…..so let us think.

Mostafa Abdel Moity