Site-specific sculpture, wood and fired white stoneware figurines, Hyatt Centric Cairo West Hotel, Cairo, 2024
In this work, Bassem Yousri investigates the relationship between harmony and randomness. From the Bottom to the Top, and Vice Versa is a sculpture inspired by Cairo with its overwhelming energy, movements, and sounds. Whereas from the outside, chaos seems to rule the cityscape, some order and harmony might be at the core beneath the surface. This piece is loosely based on a previous installation that he produced in 2012, entitled It’s Not As Easy As It May Have Seemed to Be.
This project was commissioned by ADD Art. For Hyatt Centric Cairo West, ADD Art curated a set of commissions for Egypt’s first ‘art hotel’ — a project dedicated to Egyptian contemporary artists.
Photo credit Orama productions Hotel Lobby, Hyatt Centric Cairo West Curated by ADD Art
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Bassem Yousri 