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Heralding Spring by Nazli Madkour

From 27 May 2011 to 17 Jun 2011

28 May-18 June 2011. This exhibition displays the paintings by the Egyptian artist Nazli Madkour.

Madkour lives and works in Cairo. She holds a masters degree in Political Economy obtained at the American University in Cairo. Since 1982 she has held over 35 solo and numerous group exhibitions around Egypt, Europe, the Middle East, USA and Japan.

She is also the author of the book Women and Art in Egypt. Her works mix abstraction and figuration and explore an inner world inspired from Egyptian landscape and Arabic women. Her paintings are characterized by earth tones, yet more colors and textural illusions have come up in her recent works.