Amina

=  = =//**__Amina Kadous( HL Visual Arts) __**// = =//**__Personal Statement __**// = = = My pieces capture the impressions of the busy, noisy and crowded streets of Cairo, the skyline of the minarets and the feluccas on the Nile. Walking through Cairo you can encounter many types of people and explore numerous mosques like El Refaie and Ibn Toloun. All this helped me understand the hard and joyful life in Egypt, which is expressed in my paintings.

My strengths are in my use of the different media and techniques that I incorporate in my pieces. I selected different media to convey specific ideas. I used, oil paint, acrylic, prints, pumice paste to create texture and photographs. I often combine materials in mixed media to give a sense of variety in the Egyptian culture.

As a slow painter, I found it difficult to finish paintings to the degree I envisioned. As I devoted more time, my paining skills improved and that solved both problems.

My ideas for my projects came from the photos I took while traveling around Cairo. Contemporary artists who have influenced me include the Egyptian artist Sabah Naiem and the Armenian Chant Avedissian. His exhibition in the British Museum that I visited motivated me to use symbols in my Naguib Mahfouz piece and in my additional pieces. Naiem’s focus on faces and patterns inspired me in my “ patterns of Cairo “ pieces. Moreover, Romero Britto’s pop art style influenced my use of patterns and to try the Daily life pyramid project. The American Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock inspired me to experiment with dripped paint. The series on the Egyptian Drink seller by the Australian orientalist Aurthur Steeston, encouraged me to look at the traditional drink sellers, “Bayaa El Karkadeh” which I painted. Giacomette and Duchamp’s series of the walking man relates to my women-walking piece where the walking action is repeated many times in the painting. = The setup of my IB Art Show =  
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<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(246, 198, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> **Patterns of Cairo I** Mixed Media ||
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<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(246, 198, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Egyptian woman walking** Mixed Media || <span style="display: block; color: rgb(246, 206, 14); background-color: rgb(12, 8, 8); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(251, 195, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(14, 32, 28);">**Bayaa El Karkadeh** (drink seller) Oil on Canvas || <span style="color: rgb(246, 198, 40); background-color: rgb(12, 8, 8);"> <span style="color: rgb(250, 215, 51); background-color: rgb(25, 21, 21);"> <span style="color: rgb(250, 215, 51); background-color: rgb(25, 21, 21);"><span style="color: rgb(246, 198, 40); background-color: rgb(12, 8, 8);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 160%; color: rgb(246, 198, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(8, 2, 2); text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: rgb(246, 198, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(25, 21, 21); text-align: center;"> **Daily Life Pyramid (different views)** Mixed Media
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Acrylic on Canvas || <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: rgb(246, 198, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(250, 215, 51); background-color: rgb(11, 9, 9);"> Acrylic on canvas || **Abstract Cairo** Acrylic on Canvas || <span style="color: rgb(251, 195, 40); background-color: rgb(11, 9, 9);"> **Khan El Khalili** Photography || photography || <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(246, 206, 14); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; background-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); text-align: center;"> **Stillness** Photography ||
 * Felluccas sailing**
 * Daily Conflict**
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 * A Minaret Scene**
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**Portraits of Egypt** Mixed Media ||