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Using the artist’s first name ‘Mohamed’ as a starting point, this project explores the tension between reverence and the profane by creating a manifold portrait of Mohamed appropriated from Egyptian cinema.

In Search of Mohamed: Archive of Opening Credits by Ezz Monem is part of the 2022 City of Yarra Exhibition Program.

Dates: Thursday 17 November 2022 to Sunday 22 January 2023
Location: Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy. Library opening hours.

Image: ‘Thawrat Al-Madina (Revolution of the city)’, from the series ‘In search of Mohamed: archive of opening credits’, 2020, archival pigment print, editions of 5, by Ezz Monem. Image courtesy of the artist and This Is No Fantasy gallery, Melbourne. Image description: Black and white film still showing an urban desert landscape in the distance and three columns in silhouette in the foreground. Written in Arabic, the name Mohamed is in white text on the right-hand side of the image.

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