"Sound Interpretations"- 2014 Painting

"Sound Interpretations" - 2014 Ask any young person today, anywhere in the world , about the meaning of a radio in their lives and the most common answer you would get is a vague association with a bus , a cab , a car or at best “background music” in a popular café . In this day of iPads , laptops , BBM’s and MMS…., the list goes on ad nauseum , the radio as a means of communicating news, entertainment or education has become almost obsolete. And yet , no longer than a generation ago people’s lives were closely intertwined with this vital means of communication . Of all the major inventions of the twentieth century, few have had a more profound impact on people’s lives than radio and television. No description can ever completely convey the role that broadcasting has played on generations of listeners across continents , straddling oceans and deserts, mountain ranges and rivers ; people suddenly realized that information could travel around the globe in a matter of seconds and minutes , as opposed to hours and days as it previously had . Radio broadcasting reshaped nations and politics , economies and culture trends , it made people dream , laugh and cry but the most pertinent aspect to this exhibition is that it left mental , psychological and circumstantial associations forever engraved in their minds. “Sound Interpretations” is the title of Mutaz El Emam’s new show ; a body of fifty three works, some in acrylic on canvas and some in ink on paper that may look at first glance , so diverse in subject matter until you realize that the thread that brings the whole exhibition together is that all works were executed in 2013 purely to the sound of the radio and in response to all the memories the different broadcasts evoked in the artist’s mind and memory. Maie Yanni

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in

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