Sameh Ismail
Egypt
Artist's Statement
A Donkey from the East
Dedicated to the soul of the satirical writer Mahmoud El
Saadany)
The following words are from the introduction of Mahmoud
El Saadany’s book Donkey from the East.
We are serious in humorous times, and we are humorous in
serious times. Our tragedy is deeper than Kalliona
sons', the tragedy Kalliona referred to when he said:
“my kids' tragedy is that they speak when they should
listen, and they listen when they should speak.” Our
tragedy is deeper than Kalliona's, because our donkeys
“which belong to us” fight when they should negotiate,
and they negotiate when they should fight.
It is characteristic of our lives and a sign of our
generation that we judge with iron and fire and we issue
books about democracy. We create parliamentary councils
and prevent its members from talking or discussion; if
they speak or start to discuss, we turn them over to the
court of shame, the revolution command council or the
people's committee. In this donkey era, we have one
system and different slogans.
Big Donkey:
17,250 LE (US$ 2,500.00)
Small Donkey:
6,900 LE (US$ 1,000.00)
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enquire about purchasing a painting, please
contact email:
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