{"product_id":"17871-basim-magdy-would-a-firefly-fear-the-fire-that-burns-in-its-heart","title":"Basim Magdy. Would a Firefly Fear the Fire that Burns in Its Heart?","description":"\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'\u003eBasim Magdy (*1977 in Assiut, Egypt)—the Deutsche Bank’s 2016 “Artist of the Year”—has already presented his multifaceted oeuvre in numerous international group exhibitions. These include the biennales in Sharjah and Istanbul in 2013, the Biennale de Montréal in 2014, as well as the exhibitions \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eWelcome to the Jungle\u003c\/I\u003e at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eOcean of Images: New Photography\u003c\/I\u003e 2015 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'\u003eMagdy’s films, photographs, and drawings focus on structures of seeing, remembering, and archiving. His works often call to mind surreal narratives full of abysmal humor. The artist uses his psychedelically colored pictures and montages to scrutinize collective utopias and express doubt about dogmas and ideologies. At the same time, he appeals to the viewer’s power of imagination and causes alternative realities and designs for society to shine out. \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'\u003e\u003cSPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: \"MS ??\"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA'\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'\u003e\u003cSPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: \"MS ??\"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA'\u003eExhibition: Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin 29.4.–3.7.2016\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874804068616,"sku":"9783775741286","price":39.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775741286_532d66f6-3a06-44ec-a32d-97591dc52558.jpg?v=1744046764","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17871-basim-magdy-would-a-firefly-fear-the-fire-that-burns-in-its-heart","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}