The Model at Cordoba Gallery

From 24 Jul 2010 to 31 Aug 2010

25 July-1 Sept 2010. This group exhibition brings together 45 paintings of the female body by 15 Egyptian artists including Salah Taher, Ahmed Nawwar, Samir Fouad, Yasser Nibayal, Ibrahim El-Dessouki and Mohsen Shaalan. The works on show explore the evolution of the techniques and styles used to depict women over the past 40 years.

Highlights include the Alexandrian girls portrayed by Mahmoud Said in his famous work Banat Bahary, the elegant and graceful aristocratic women immortalised by Hussein Bikar and the impressionistic depiction of beautiful women against a romantic background by Sabri Ragheb.