Sayed Saad El Din - Circles In The Sand

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CIRCLES IN THE SAND SAYED SAAD EL DIN

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Time goes by. And the years go past. And somehow and for some unknown reasons, we remain in love, infatuated by its sand, smitten by its sun, struck by its Nile, burdened by its glorious past, and bonded to its people.  Master painter Sayed Saad el Din helps us understand, put some reasoning into this piercing feeling of attachment, of belonging to a land where kindness still exists hidden underneath the sand, where warmth wraps the mind and soul past a blazing sun, where harmony is concealed behind turmoil, and where hope prevails, though tomorrow is capricious.  And as we look at "the heart (which) has its reasons that reason does not know” (Pascal), it seems that Sayed Saad el Din may know after all. Because he chose optimism over despair and because he chose beauty over exasperation. He knows that our love can never end and will never end and lures us into a wonderfully sincere and touching world where perfection is no coincidence and mystery is the answer.

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CirCles in the sandS a y e d S a a d e l d I n

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OPENING RECEPTION15 March 2016

6 to 9 pm

EXHIBITION15 March - 10 april 2016

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مـــا، وبشـــكل الســـنون، وتمـــر الوقـــت، يمـــر حبـــه، فـــي نســـتمر معـــروف، غيـــر ولســـبب مفتونيـــن ببريقه، مغرمين بشمســـه، مأخوذين بنيلـــه، محمليـــن بأمجـــاد الماضـــي، ومرتبطيـــن

بشـــعبه.

يســـاعدنا ســـيد ســـعد الدين علـــى الفهم، حيث يخلـــق منطقـــا لهـــذا الشـــعور االخـــاذ باالرتباط، باالنتمـــاء إلى أرض مازالت تعيـــش فيها الطيبة مخبـــأة تحت الرمـــال، حيـــث يلف الـــدفء العقل والـــروح بعيـــدا عـــن الشـــمس الحارقـــة، وحيـــث يكمن التآلـــف خلف الفتن، وحيث يســـود األمل

علـــى الرغم مـــن غد غير مســـتقر.

ونحـــن إذ ننظر إلـــى "القلب )الذي( له اســـبابه، العقـــل" يعرفهـــا ال التـــي األســـباب تلـــك )باســـكال(، ولكـــن يبـــدو ان ســـيد ســـعد الديـــن يعـــرف األســـباب، ألنـــه اختـــار التفـــاؤل بدال من التشـــاؤم وألنه اختار الجمال عوضا عن الســـخط. يعرف ســـعد الدين ان حبنا لـــم ولن ينتهي ابدا، ويغرينـــا بعالـــم رائـــع من الصـــدق حيـــث الكمال

ليـــس صدفـــة، والغمـــوص ليـــس الجواب.وبينمـــا يحـــاول ســـيد ســـعد الديـــن إزالـــة اللثام عـــن بعـــض الغموض الـــذي يرمـــي ظالله على

Time goes by. and the years go past. and somehow and for some unknown reasons, we remain in love, infatuated by its sand, smitten by its sun, struck by its nile, burdened by its glorious past, and bonded to its people.

Sayed Saad el din helps us understand, put some reasoning into this piercing feeling of attachment, of belonging to a land where kindness still exists hidden underneath the sand, where warmth wraps the mind and soul past a blazing sun, where harmony is concealed be-hind turmoil, and where hope prevails, though tomorrow is capricious.

and as we look at “the heart (which) has its reasons that reason does not know” (Pascal), it seems that Sayed Saad el din may know after all. Because he chose optimism over despair and be-cause he chose beauty over exaspera-tion. Saad el din knows that our love can never end and will never end and lures us into a wonderfully sincere and touching world where perfection is no coincidence and mystery is the answer.

By Fatenn Mostafa بقلم فاتن مصطفى

CirCles in the sand

and while Sayed Saad el din attempts to draw the veil from some of the am-biguities that overshadow our life, he ceremoniously reveals the essence as well as the perfection that lie behind the imperfections. He lays bare our instinct for freedom that cannot be reversed and that must grow to a powerful force if there is to be hope. Sayed Saad el din ultimately restores the greatest secrets to that enigma, in which we live and ever will remain. and that enigma is egypt.

like an architect, every detail is scru-tinized and yet we feel the abstraction of the moment and the intensity of the simple chores. Circles, wheels, hoops, ropes, spirals and balls smoothly float in the sky, gently spin on the sand, mag-ically roll in the water, leading us to-wards infinity, like a prayer or a circle in the sand a passionate metaphor to the world we live in and to a country we are so attached to.

حياتنـــا، فأنه يكشـــف بمراســـم احتفالية الجوهر، فضال عـــن الكمال الـــذي يكمن خلـــف العيوب، فهـــو يضـــع أمامنـــا الغريـــزة المجـــردة الســـاعية للحريـــة والتي ال يمكـــن التراجع عنها والتي يجب ان تنمـــو إذا أريـــد أن يكون هنـــاك أمل. ويقوم ســـيد ســـعد الدين في نهاية المطاف باسترجاع اعظـــم األســـرار لذلـــك اللغـــز الذي نعيـــش فيها

والـــذي لن يـــزول، واللغز هـــو مصر.

وهـــو أشـــبه مـــا يكـــون بالمهنـــدس المعمـــاري الـــذي يهتـــم بـــكل التفاصيـــل الدقيقـــة، ولكننا في نفـــس الوقت نحس بتجريـــد اللحظة وكثافة اللمســـات البســـيطة. دوائـــر وعجـــالت وأطواق واشـــكال حلزونيـــة وكـــرات تطـــوف بنعومة في الســـماء، وتـــدور برقـــة علـــى الرمـــال، وتتدحرج بشـــكل ســـحري في الميـــاه، وهـــي تقودنا نحو الخلـــود، مثـــل الصـــالة، او مثل طاحونـــة الهواء اســـتعارة عاطفية للعالم الـــذي نعيش فيه وإلى

بلـــد شـــديدين التعلق به.

دوائر في الرمال

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CURRICULUM

Born in egypt in 1944.He lives and works in Cairo.

EDUCATION

leonardo da Vinci Institute, Cairo, egypt, 1967

SHOwS

2014The Summer Group, Safar Khan, CairoThe 36th General exhibition, Cairoart for everyone, Shadicor, Cairo

2013The 35th General exhibition, Cairoart for everyone, Shadicor, Cairo56th Cairo Salon for Contemporary art, Cairo

2012The 34th General exhibition, Cairoart for everyone, Shadicor, Cairo

201012th Collections exhibition, Picasso Gallery, Cairoart for everyone, Shadicor, Cairo

20093rd Creative Contemporary arts Salon, Cairo

2005The 29th General exhibition, CairoSilent nature, Gezira Center for the arts, Cairo

20047th Small artworks exhibition, Cairo1st Black & White Salon, Gezira Center for the arts, Cairo

2001The 27th General exhibition, Cairo

2000Picasso Gallery, Cairo egyptian Cultural Center in Paris, France

1999The 26th General exhibition, Cairoakhnaton Gallery, Centre of Fine art, Cairo

1994Cairo Salon Cairo atelier, Cairo

1974International egyptian diplomatic exhibition, Cairo, egyptSpring exhibition, Cairoannual exhibition, Fine arts Sector, Cairo

AwARDS

Price in drawing: 1984, 1983, 1982First Place: Magles al aala lel Fenoun Wal adab, 1974Second Place: 14th Cairo SalonFirst place: Milano International exhibition, Milano, Italy, 1967

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SAyED SAAD EL DIN

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الفيلســـوف المفكـــر وبحكمـــة البنـــاء مهنـــدس بمنطـــق ســـعد ســـيد الفنـــان يبنـــى المرهـــف الشـــاعر وبوجـــدان تصويريـــة حبكـــة فـــى التشـــكيلية المالحـــم هـــذه الديـــن محســـوبة ومحسوســـة يمـــزج الرياضـــة والحـــس والعقـــل فى التصويـــر لخصائـــص جامـــع متفـــرد وأســـلوب تكوينـــات وهـــى والموســـيقى الشـــعر وأيضـــا ، والنحـــت والعمـــارة

جمتيد امجلال

. جميعـــا الحـــس مراكـــز تخاطـــب إن أصالـــة ســـيد ســـعد الدين ليســـت فـــى مظهرها الســـطحى لـــذى يســـرى فى ولكنهـــا تتمثـــل فـــى البعـــد الميتافيزيقـــى ا

لوحاتـــه ويغلفهـــا بغالفـــة مـــن صمـــت صوفى.

وهـــى . والمـــكان الزمـــان حـــدود يتخطـــى فيلســـوف مـــن ينبـــت لـــذى ا المعمـــارى الشـــموخ ذلـــك فـــى كذلـــك صنـــع لـــذى ا الشـــموخ ذلـــك . والبنـــاءة الطيبـــة األرض الجرانيـــت وتماثيـــل والمســـالت والمعابـــد األهرامـــات لـــذى ا الصامـــت الراســـخ كمـــا صنـــع اإلنســـان ، العمالقـــة تعمـــق جـــذوره فـــى األرض ويمـــد قامتـــه إلـــى الســـماء ...

الناقد والفنان

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Temple of Philae /Maabad Philae, 2016

Oil on canvas120 x 80 cm

The Return /El 3awda, 2015

Oil on canvas120 x 80 cm

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Livelihood /El Rizq, 2014

Oil on canvas80 x 120 cm

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Ball Dance /Rakset el Kora I, 2016

Oil on canvas120 x 80 cm

Dervishes / Daraweesh, 2009

Oil on canvas130 x 75 cm

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The Laundry /El Ghasseel, 2010

Oil on canvas90 x 100 cm

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The Race /El Sebaq, 2005

Oil on canvas100 x 70 cm

Under Siege /El Hessar, 2007

Oil on canvas120 x 100 cm

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Meditation /Ta’ammul, 2015

Oil on canvas100 x 150 cm

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Fisherman /El Sayad, 2012

Oil on canvas50 x 70 cm

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Egyptian Ballad /Rehla Masreya , 1994

Oil on canvas100 x 150 cm

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PrintingConcorde Press

CoordinatorCherine Chafiklisa lounisaynour Zeitoun

Graphic Concept& RealizationOmar Mobarek

TextsFatenn MostafaHussein Bicar

PhotographsMohamed Saad el din

Catalogue Publishedon the occasion of the showSayed Saad el dinCircles In The Sand15 March - 10 april 2016artTalks | egypt

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ســـيد ســـعد الديندوائر في الرمال