SUSAN HEFUNA
ANA: OF DREAMS, PATIENCE AND REALISATIONS
ROSE ISSA PROJECTS
SUSAN HEFUNA
ANA: OF DREAMS, PATIENCE AND REALISATIONS 8 JULY-7 AUGUST 2010 TUESDAY TO SATURDAY, 1PM-6PM
In Arabic, ‘Ana’ means ‘I’, ‘me’, and the ‘self’. It suggests taking responsibility and initiative, action rather than expectation, self-reliance and self-awareness. Over the last five years, the Egyptian-German artist Susan Hefuna has played on the word ‘Ana’ in a variety of media: video, textiles, bronze sculptures and wooden mashrabiya screens. Now for Rose Issa Projects she has produced an intimate and elegant display of cast-bronze silver screens, watercolours and ink drawings.
ROSE ISSA PROJECTS 269 KENSINGTON HIGH STREET LONDON W8 6NA T: 020 7602 7700 E: INFO@ROSEISSA.COM WWW.ROSEISSA.COM CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE ARAB WORLD AND IRAN Cover image: Kesh Angels Ed. 3/7, Metallic lambda print walnut frame with olive tins packaging 76.3x111.8 cm (print) 111.9x135.9 cm (frame), 2010
Building, watercolour on paper, 45x38 cm (framed), 2009
Ana (myself), cast bronze silver, 3 elements, 30x90x4 cm, 2009
Building, watercolour on paper, 45x38 cm (framed), 2009
Anta, wood and ink, 175x155x2.5 cm, 2009
Building, watercolour on paper, 36x28 cm, 2009
Building, watercolour on paper, 36x28 cm, 2009
Building, watercolour on paper, 36x28 cm, 2009
Building, watercolour on paper, 36x28 cm, 2009
Building, watercolour on paper, 36x28 cm, 2009
BIOGRAPHY Susan Hefuna was born in Germany in 1962 and lives and works between Egypt and Germany. She studied at the ZKM Karlsruhe Academy, Germany (1988-90); Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1991); Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany (1993-94); Helwan University, Cinema Dept, Cairo (2003) and completed her postgraduate studies in multimedia in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Hefuna has exhibited extensively internationally. In 2010 she has solo exhibitions at Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna; Rose Issa Projects, London; Gallery Paul Kasmin, New York; MUMOK, Vienna; Freud Museum, Vienna; and “Wien 1431/2010”, Intervention at Belvedere, Vienna. Recent solo exhibitions include “Susan Hefuna-Mapping Wien”, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna (2009); “Hefuna/ Hefuna”, Gallery Volker Diehl, Berlin (2009); “Susan Hefuna”, the Albion Gallery, New York (2008); “Patience is Beautiful”, The Third Line Gallery Dubai (2008); “Susan Hefuna”, ACAF, Alexandria (2008); “Knowledge is Sweeter than Honey”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (2007); “ANA/ICH”, Kunstkasten, Wintherthur (2007); “Susan Hefuna”, Gallery Ralf Seippel, Cologne 2006; “Susan Hefuna: Kunst:Raum”, Sylt Quelle, Rantum, Sylt (2005); “Susan Hefuna - Xcultural Codes”, Townhouse Gallery Cairo (2004); Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool (2004); “Susan Hefuna: Ventanas. La Vida en el Delta”, Vacio 9 Gallery, Madrid (2002); “Susan Hefuna”, Kunstverein Lippstadt (2000); and “Susan Hefuna”, National Gallery, Cape Town (2000). Recent group shows include “Word into Art”, DIFC Dubai (2008) and British Museum, London (2006); “Lasting Foundations”, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, National Building Museum, Washington DC, Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago, and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit (20062007); Sharjah Biennial, UAE (2007); “Trans Cape”, Cape Town, South Africa (2007); “Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains”, GL Strand Museum, Copenhagen (2006); “19 Views: Contemporary Arab Photography”, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo of Seville, Spain (2006); “Neterotopia”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006);” Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains”, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris (2005/2006); “X-Cultural Codes”, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool (2004); “Contrepoints”, Louvre, Paris (2004/2005); “Fantaisies du Harem et les Nouvelles Schéhérazades”, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, France and Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain (2003); “DisORIENTation”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2003); “Four Women, Four Views: Made in Egypt”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (2002); “Unpacking Europe”, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2001); and the Cairo Biennial, Egypt 1998, for which she won the Cairo Biennial International Award. Recent publications include “Susan Hefuna: Pars Pro Toto”, edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist (Kehrer Verlag, £58), and “Susan Hefuna: X Cultural Codes”, with essays by Rose Issa, Bryan Biggs, Tracy Murinik et al (Kehrer Verlag, 2004, £28).
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