People You May Know Walid Ebeid
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People You May Know
Ebeid doesn’t portray women as super models
which he calls “realistic expressionism.”
who have perfect bodies and outstanding
His artwork resembles him closely. It is rendered
outfits. Instead, he prefers to dig deeper to
in a state of truth because it expresses what
touch their souls and feel their pain. In his
occupies people’s minds and what they’re
paintings, each detail tells a new story. You
feeling.
can see the agonized look on the faces of his
His art reflects reality and the changes taking
painted prostitutes and feel the oppression
place around us and mainly focus on strange
they encounter every day.
things that we quickly lose interest in but have
It is no secret that women and women’s issues
impact the moment.
are one of his biggest concerns. “I myself
“My art is for the people. And it is why people
cannot fathom the reason I hold all this empathy
can relate to my art as if it is their own, and
toward women — as if women were the reason
why they sometimes ask me to execute certain
for me being an artist.”
images, believing that I can express their
He listens to people as a psychiatrist in order
feelings.”
BY CHERINE CHAFIK
to really feel their problems and the challenges
Art usually reflects , the artist life , relations,
Walid Ebeid ( 1970 )
they encounter
culture, opinion , and his vision in all that ,
“The artist is a lawyer who defends any
His soul dictates him to paint in that way
Egyptian oil painter who graduated in 1992 from Cairo Faculty of Arts.
accused person when society plays the role of
with his comparative simplification, and the
His work has been exhibited internationally since 1992, earning him a reputation for his expressive
the judge.”
painting is the obedience reflection “While i am
style.
After graduating from the faculty of fine arts in
painting, I never thinking but intensity feelings
The controversial and provocative artworks of Ebeid range from poignant, studies of the female figure
1992 with a philosophical project that portrayed
leads the painting to do it self, by my hands,
to People We May Know in the Egyptian society; He tackles difficult issues like sexuality, immigration
love, death, and art, he decided to get closer
some happiness is pushing to creation but
and oppression.
to people’s real lives and give them a voice to
disappears towards the completion of the art
Walid Ebeid brings attention to the sufferings, struggles, and hopes of women in our society over
express their hopes and dreams.
work, that is why we continuously work, artist
the course of recent decades. His realistic paintings have broken a great deal of social and moral
For Ebeid creating art is in itself an inspiration
must be honest, like who tells a dream, and this
taboos and challenged different customs and traditions imposed by society, to defend women of all
and is just as enigmatic to me as talent itself.
dream has to be grim like a truth, art from god
categories and social classes.
His searches and experiments went through
for people, the artist is that bridge connecting
several phases to reach his current phase,
both and relates all people with each other”.
Walid Ebeid
Wintry Gathering 2019 70 x 70 cm Oil on canvas
PIMP 2019 170 x 140 cm Oil on canvas
Parting Carols 2019 80 x 80 cm Oil on canvas
Molotov 2019 70 x 70 cm Oil on canvas
The Great Haleem 2019 100 x 100 cm Oil on canvas
The Universe Game 2019 120 x 120 cm Oil on canvas
Ali Walid Son of Walid Ebeid
7 years old
A Peacock in Paradise 2019 Oil on wood
People You May Know Walid Ebeid Catalogue Published on the occasion of the show People You May Know Waild Ebeid 5th February 2019 ArtTalks | Egypt Coordinators Cherine Chafik Graphic Concept & Realization Omar Mobarek Text ChĂŠrine Chafik Photographs Walid Ebeid
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