Art Exhibition

"2011 Caravan Festival of the Arts"
"My Neighbor” and “The Peoples’ Egypt since 25 January”

48 premier Middle Eastern and Western Artists

Throughout the week-long 2011 CARAVAN Festival of the Arts the visual art selling exhibition curated by participating artist Roland Prime was open to the public. Many Egyptians and expatriates attended.

The exhibition was in celebration of the Egyptian Muslims and Christians who are peacefully together walking the road toward a new Egypt. Desiring to honor the building of bridges between Muslims and Christians that has taken place in Egypt during the revolution, the exhibition was hosted inside the historic Byzantine-style St. John’s Church in Maadi / Cairo. 48 premier Middle Eastern and Western visual artists came together, each submitting work reflecting the theme, “My Neighbor”. A diverse range of artists will participate, from one of Egypt’s leading contemporary artists, Mohammed Abla, to rising star Reda Abdel Rahman, to Norwegian artist Britt Boutros Ghali and British artist Roland Prime.

In addition to the “My Neighbor” themed exhibition, in response to the enormous outpouring of expression from the Egyptian people, a parallel exhibition was held at the church entitled: “The Peoples’ Egypt since January 25th." A number of the CARAVAN participating artists had courageously joined the demonstrations and protests in the now famous Tahrir Square, some for all 18 days of the uprising. For this parallel exhibition, the participating artists have been invited to contribute artworks that have been created in response to the events of the Egyptian revolution.

The initiative has generated attention from the global media and art world. Attendance is free and 20% of all art sales of the “My Neighbor” exhibition go to Egyptian charities serving the poor, both Muslims and Christians.

”My Neighbor”