HUDA LUTFI – DAWN PORTRAITS
2017-01-02For her upcoming show at Gypsum, Lutfi presents a collection of more than 60 new works that she calls her “Dawn Portraits”. Carving out a quiet meditative time in her early morning to pause and reflect, she paints sculptural faces using gouache paint on Chinese gold leaf paper. Other than the recollection of her own features or her mother’s face, Lutfi works from memory. The tightly cropped portraits, whether frontal or in profile, are asymmetrical and often androgynous. Delicate pieces of jewelry such earrings or necklaces adorn the ears and neck of these women – softening the severity of their features. In a sense, “Dawn Portraits” carries on Lutfi’s exploration of gender and women relations in a patriarchal society and her representations of femininity rest outside conventional modes.
Opposite – Untitled, 2016
Exhibition runs through to February 6th, 2017
Gypsum Gallery
5 Ibrahim Naguib Street, Apt 2
Garden City
Cairo
Egypt
