Wael Shawky
Alexandria, Egypt
Arts & Culture
Florian Guillaume: “Shawky makes history feel unstable, in a good way. His puppets and staged operas show that every official account was built by someone, and that taking the telling back is a form of resistance.”
Wael Shawky is an Egyptian artist known for films, performances and installations that reexamine historical narratives, often retelling events like the Crusades from non-Western perspectives. His celebrated "Cabaret Crusades" trilogy uses intricate marionettes to stage medieval history, questioning how stories of conflict are told and by whom. Working across drawing, sculpture and video, he explores identity, myth and the politics of memory. In 2024 he represented Egypt at the Venice Biennale wi
Arts & Culture
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