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Soul Taming
Fathi Hassan CURATED BY NAJLAA EL-AGELI, 1 December 2020 - 31 July 2021

Soul Taming: Fathi Hassan CURATED BY NAJLAA EL-AGELI

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Fathi Hassan, Magic Window, 2014, Mixed media on paper, 150 x 100 cm
Fathi Hassan, Magic Window, 2014, Mixed media on paper, 150 x 100 cm

'When I was searching for myself amongst the seasons of the clouds...Spring was conforming between golden ears of wheat... and he knew me....and he did not talk eagerly about me… Because he is confident in my knowledge without my signature... We spoke about when the moon will arrive... I used to tell him; You must go, you have an appointment... Just remember to send me peace with the winds...' (Fathi Hassan)

Fathi Hassan is an artist, a poet, a dreamer; but, most of all, he is a dynamic creative set on taming his wild spirit and wandering soul through his art and meditations. Hassan’s visual work firstly pulls in the viewer with its bold lines, then the floating texts, figures and symbols. Once that information and layer is absorbed, his pieces translate into a higher level of an alchemical synthesis. His articulation unto the canvas is a deep form of poetry.

 

Essential to his work is the exploration of identity as he constantly challenges, superimposes, writes and links events, past and present, to contemplate possible futures and potentialities. Hassan’s diasporic adventure for almost four decades reflects the displacement and journey between different spaces, times, perspectives and memories. His creations also reveal a love and passion for classical music and Opera, wherein lines translate into visual melodies of emotions. His attention to numbers, codes, letters and musical notes are weaved back into his compositions reflecting a multidimensional orientation.

 

Hassan’s tapestries can also be experienced as archival material containing delicate traces of his Nubian culture and its place in the Arab world, wherein the Arabic calligraphy intersects and blends into symbols. In some instances the letters and the words sharply cut through the Nubian-African heritage to suggest a struggle and the fight for domination and survival. This suspended state is a powerful reminder of not only the past, but also inherently of what is happening today politically, socially and culturally.

 

Ultimately the artist’s work is to record, store, archive and tame the memories of dreams, souls, life and desire. His quest to pin down a hybrid-cultural form of self and identity continues and is ever so resonant with current events and trends. His utilising of the desert and forest imagery is a tool to reflect upon the injustices and inequalities of the human condition and existential state of being. He also does a brilliant job in bringing forward a Sufi elemental landscape as well as responding to the more recent crisis relating to Covid-19, referring to the traumatic post-Arab Spring period, the rise of the conservative right in the West and the deconstruction of democracy.

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Works
  • Fathi Hassan, Stairway to the Unknown, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Stairway to the Unknown, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Crossing, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Crossing, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Polyphemus Foot, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Polyphemus Foot, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, The 4 Seasons of the Basic Man, 2019
    Fathi Hassan, The 4 Seasons of the Basic Man, 2019
  • Fathi Hassan, The Nubian, 2019
    Fathi Hassan, The Nubian, 2019
  • Fathi Hassan, Nubian Landscape, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Nubian Landscape, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Evolution Domain, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Evolution Domain, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Ayub, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Ayub, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Burhan, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Burhan, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Container Blue 19, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Container Blue 19, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Container Blue 14, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Container Blue 14, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Hoodhood, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Hoodhood, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Yamama, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Yamama, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Nubian Trash I, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Nubian Trash I, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Nubian Trash II, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Nubian Trash II, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Miriam, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Miriam, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Ines, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Ines, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Haram Aleikum II, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Haram Aleikum II, 2020
  • Fathi Hassan, Haram Aleikum I, 2020
    Fathi Hassan, Haram Aleikum I, 2020
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Publications
  • Soul Taming

    Soul Taming

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News
  • Fathi Hassan: Soul Taming

    Fathi Hassan: Soul Taming

    by Contemporaryand Read more
  • Taming The Losses In Nubia: The Art of Fathi Hassan

    Taming The Losses In Nubia: The Art of Fathi Hassan

    by Nii B. Andrews for Art Capital Ghana Read more
Videos
  • Fathi Hassan interviewed by France24

    Fathi Hassan interviewed by France24

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  • Webinar: Soul Taming - Fathi Hassan

    Webinar: Soul Taming - Fathi Hassan

    Sulger-Buel Gallery's inaugural webinar from December 10 2020 Read more
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  • Taming The Losses In Nubia: The Art of Fathi Hassan News

    Taming The Losses In Nubia: The Art of Fathi Hassan

    by Nii B. Andrews for Art Capital Ghana Apr 16, 2021
    Significant portions of Nubian lands were submerged when Lake Nasser and Lake Nubia were formed as a result of the construction of the Aswan High...
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  • Fathi Hassan interviewed by France24 Videos

    Fathi Hassan interviewed by France24

    Jan 8, 2021
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  • Webinar: Soul Taming - Fathi Hassan Videos

    Webinar: Soul Taming - Fathi Hassan

    Sulger-Buel Gallery's inaugural webinar from December 10 2020 Jan 6, 2021
    Sulger-Buel Gallery hosted its first ever webinar in December. The webinar explored the incredible dynamics between arts curator Rose Issa and artist Fathi Hassan, whose...
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  • Soul Taming Publications

    Soul Taming

    Fathi Hassan Dec 1, 2020
    Fathi Hassan is an artist, a poet, a dreamer; but, most of all, he is a dynamic creative set on taming his wild spirit and...
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