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EZZ MONEM⁠⠀
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We’re pleased to announce representation of exciting new artist Ezz Monem @ezzmonem⁠⠀
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Monem will have his first solo show with THIS IS NO FANTASY for Photo2022 next April.⁠⠀
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Monem is a photo-based artist from Egypt who lives and works in Melbourne. He uses photography to explore the pluralism of reality. The images playing with sensations of ambivalence and conflict, giving visual form to the multiplicity of identity in places, people, and objects.⁠⠀
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Monem sources the images from found photos, fiction films, videos and google street views. He utilizes the mechanical reproduction capabilities of the camera along with various darkroom techniques to transform them into photographic works and imaginary archives. Through the repurposing of images, he attempts to make auto-ethnographic works that come from his background, of growing up in Egypt and his experience migrating to Australia.⁠⠀
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Ezz Monem, Revolutionary Failure #1 and #5, 2021⁠⠀
Archival pigment print, Tasmanian Oak frame⁠⠀
41cm X 29cm⁠⠀
Ed of 5⁠⠀
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