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Retrospective

Exhibition: 3 Nov 2016 – 14 May 2017
Opening: 2 Nov 2016

Retrospective
Wael Shawky, Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo, 2012. , HD video, color, sound, 58 min., film still

The retrospective of Wael Shawky (Alexandria, Egypt, 1971), held at the Castello di Rivoli, presents a series of film works, a series of photographs of marionettes, sculptures, and new wooden high-reliefs inspired by the Crusades and narrated from an Arab rather than a European point of view.