IN THE GALLERY: In Search of Mohamed – PHOTO 2022
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed: archive of opening credits, 2021
35mm slides, Kodak Ektapro slide projector, metal plinth
edition of 5 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed: relics #1 walking stick, 2021
Bronze, slate rock
approx. 150 x 50 x 35cm, edition of 3 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed: abstract portraits #2, 2020In Search of Mohamed: Jabal Al-Nour (mountain of light); walking in solitude, 2021
Archival pigment prints, Tasmanian Oak frames
130cm x 52cm, edition of 5 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed: abstract portraits #1, 2020
Archival pigment print, Tasmanian Oak frame
140cm x 96cm, edition of 5 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed: following the invisible, 2021
Single-channel video, CRT TV. Sound by: Sammy Said
3:24 minutes loop, editions of 5 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed: Jabal Al-Nour (mountain of light); walking in solitude, 2021
Single-channel video, CRT TV, metal plinth
2:38 minutes loop, edition of 5 + 1 AP
In search of Mohamed: archive of opening credits #2; Abna2 El Samt (Silence Sons), 2021
Archival pigment print, Tasmanian Oak frame
29 x 41cm, edition of 5 + 1 AP
In search of Mohamed: archive of opening credits #3; Abna2 El Samt (Silence Sons), 2021
Archival pigment print, Tasmanian Oak frame
29 x 41cm, edition of 5 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed: archive of opening credits #1: Thawrat Al-Madina (Revolution of the city)’, 2021
Archival pigment print, Tasmanian Oak frame
29.5 x 43cm, edition of 5 + 1 AP
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
In Search of Mohamed, installation view
Photo: Simon Strong
Ezz Monem
29 Apr - 22 May 2022
In Search of Mohamed is a set of multichannel videos and photography works using the artist’s first name ‘Mohamed’ as a starting point for his research.
The project explores the tension between reverence and the profane by creating a manifold portrait of Mohamed appropriated from Egyptian and broader Middle Eastern cinema; collected, viewed, archived and both digitally and manually manipulated to highlight the ghostly boundaries of representation.
Films have been collected based on specific criteria that involve the use of the name Mohamed, either as a fictional character, a symbolic representation in a religious film, or an actor’s real name displayed in the opening credits.