{"id":7720,"date":"2018-12-28T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=7720"},"modified":"2018-12-28T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T23:49:23","slug":"geometric-patterns-from-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/geometric-patterns-from-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometric Patterns from the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFROM KOLAJ #24<\/p>\n

Beya Khalifa
\nCairo, Egypt<\/h2>\n

A collage by Cairo, Egypt\u2019s Beya Khalifa is on the cover of Kolaj<\/em> #24 and a portfolio of her work is in the issue. She confronts western notions of “Orientalism” by collaging historic Bedouin photographs with geometric patterns found throughout the Middle East. In other work, Khalifa employs the world beyond Earth\u2019s atmosphere as a character in her stories.<\/p>\n

This Artist Portfolio appeared in <\/em>Kolaj #24. To see the entire issue, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <\/em>Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em>
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Ruling elites in the Middle East employ Orientalism as a means of maintaining power and how Western countries use these representations as a means of domination and control.
\nWestern artists are particularly complicit in this practice, going so far as establishing the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Peintres Orientalistes Fran\u00e7ais in 1893 specifically to promote such artwork.<\/em><\/h2>\n

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\nThis Artist Portfolio appeared in <\/em>Kolaj #24. To see the entire issue, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <\/em>Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, Beya Khalifa \u201cnavigates the very loud metropolis in a state of perpetual fantasy\u201d. When she is not making collage or daydreaming, you will find her with her nose in a book. Khalifa\u2019s work has been published Artupon, Fubiz, Fstop, Flair Magazine, Cairo Gossip<\/em>, and Collage Collective Co<\/em>. Curator Bijjan Sadegh Shirvani included Khalifa\u2019s collages in \u201cArtummah\u201d at East of West Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 4 May-1 July 2018. See more of Khalifa\u2019s work on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Images (top to bottom):<\/strong>
\nfrom the “F*** Your Oppression” series
\nfrom the\u00a0“F*** Your Oppression” series
\nLeap<\/em> (6500×6500 pixels; digital collage on paper; 2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM KOLAJ #24 Beya Khalifa Cairo, Egypt A collage by Cairo, Egypt\u2019s Beya Khalifa is on the cover of Kolaj #24 and a portfolio of her work is in the issue. She confronts western notions of “Orientalism” by collaging historic…<\/p>\n

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