For twelve consecutive years Zamalek Art gallery presents "Masterpieces 2014", a Summer collective exhibition features works by a galaxy of artists showcasing an exclusive collection of paintings and sculptures for the most prominent artists including among many others: Abdel-Rahman Al-Nachar, Adel Mustafa, Adel Sarwat, Ahmed Abdel-Tawab, Ayman Saadani, Farghali Abdel-Hafez, Gamal Al-Segini, Gazbia Sirry, Ayman Al-Semari, Kamal Al-Feki, Khaled Sorour, Souad Mardambey, Rabab Nemr, Nashaat Al-Alousi, George Fekri and Zeinab Al-Segini. This week's focus is on the art of veteran and exceptionally gifted artist Zeinab Al-Segini. Born in Cairo, the artist graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in 1956. Later she earned her PhD in Art Education from Helwan University, in 1978. Al-Segini's art is unique, revealing subjects of human nature. Mother and child represent the main elements in her art. The symbol of motherhood plays a crucial role in expressing feelings of innocence, love and generosity. Al-Seginidepicted on canvas Egypt's ravishing landscape such as the Nile, mountains, and beach. In fact,Al-Segini's ancestral culture, with the inherited roots, emphasizes her Egyptian identity.She describes her work, as an intermixture of a spiritual nature drawing its source from the Coptic icons, with its adoration and reverence, alongside the wonders of the Islamic miniatures. According to art critic Salah Bissar: "Al-Seginiis one of the few Egyptian female artists of the third generation of contemporary art movement. She created a world of her very own. Full of emotions and impressions, motherhood feelings pouring down like the Nile wave. Expressed with nobility and purity in a new descriptive language featuring the innocent expression. Full of natural simplicity, descriptive eloquence and deepness of expression". She is famous for her recurrent use of the motif of the folkoric doll in most of her creations to the extent that this doll became the key word to her artistic perspective. The exhibition continuous through 30 September.
