Unfnished revolutions

How is one to stay still when fames are licking at his clothes? – Ibn Arabi
During the uprising in Egypt in 2012 Hanaa El Degham painted protest murals on the busy streets of Cairo – in constant communication with those around her.
She also collaborated with many activists to create the two-part painting in this room.
It shows people dancing, fying and feeing as part of the revolution, a recurring cycle.
Osiris, the god of rebirth, observes from above.
El Degham’s work addresses multiple questions:
What do revolutions mean to individual people?
How are they expressed in bodies and movement?
What leads to such uprisings – and do they always remain unfnished?
Hanaa El Degham, Rebirth of Osiris, 2020, oil/egg tempera/drawing and collage on canvas