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THIS IS NO FANTASY @this_is_no_fantasy, Naarm/Melbourne, is currently presenting ‘In Search of Mohamed’ by Ezz Monem (@ezzmonem). The artist’s first solo show with the gallery comprises a set of multichannel videos and photography works using his first name ‘Mohamed’ as a starting point for his research.
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“In this long-term project, I try to explore the tension between reverence and the profane by building a photographic and video archive based on specific criteria that involves the use of the name Mohamed, appropriated from films I grew up watching in Egypt, or recent Middle Eastern films I encountered during my research,” says Monem.
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Read more in Diego Ramirez (@diegoismonster)’s feature on Monem in the ‘What Next’ section of Art Collector’s 100th issue.

​‘In Search of Mohamed’ is on view until 21 May at @this_is_no_fantasy, as part of PHOTO 2022 @photofestivalau. Image details in comments.