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Talent Radar Words: José Berrocoso
BEYA KHALIFA
“My collages don’t take themselves too seriously. They look at the world with humour and a sense of wonder.”
Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Beya Khalifa weaves together different, and often absurd, worlds with the use of collage - digital and physical. Her collages serve as a visual examination of the human condition and its relation to the universe, often through quirky or satirical narratives. Her work exists in a perpetual state of surrealism and phantasmagoria, almost like a daydream come to life. Beya’s collages utilize antique photographs layered under digital graphics to combine kitsch, orientalism, fantasy and history into a seamless investigation of the absurdity of daily life. Photography: Paul Roßler
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FEBRUARY 2020
