Lot 60: Khaled Hafez (Egyptian, b. 1963)

Khaled Hafez (Egyptian, b. 1963)
Sekhmet of Gemmanism
signed 'khaled Hafez'(on the reverse)
acrylic, pen, photocopy and collage on canvas
55 x 78¾in. (140 x 200cm.)
Executed in 2008

This lot offered for sale is subject to a 5% import duty on the importation value levied at the time of collection/shipment within the UAE.
'I link imagery of the ancient iconography with deja-vu contemporary elements, hence the use of Anubis (God of the underworld) and Batman, Bastet (Goddess of domestication) and Cat-woman; the icons are manipulated to insinuate metamorphosis; I believe that we are at a point in history where there is cultural recycling: visual, conceptual, beliefs among other aspects.' (Khaled Hafez)

Works by Hafez are in the Saatchi Collection, London, UK, the Muhka Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium, Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, Bosnia and the Mali National Museum, Bamako, Mali.