Khaled Hafez
Egypt
www.khaledhafez.net
khaledhafez@gmail.com
Artist's Statement
The Donkey Project: Red Lines
Red Lines is a play on two linguistic puns: "red line/s"
which is a post revolution term referring to
censorship/prohibition of discussing certain political
topics on the one hand, and on the other hand it is the
name for the Zebra in Egyptian slang language: "homar
mekhattat," which literally means "lined-donkey" or
"donkey with lines."
My donkey takes reference from the zebra through the use
of striations of red and black that simulate zebra skin
patterns, and at the same time those are the colors of
the Egyptian flag, alongside the raw white color of the
resin the donkey is made of. The project puts in
question notions of censorship, taboos and freedom of
thought.
Big Donkey:
13,800 LE (US$ 2,000.00)
Small Donkey:
6,900 LE (US$ 1,000.00)
To
enquire about purchasing a painting, please
contact email:
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