Parallel Universes brings together a transgenerational selection of Egyptian artists, uniting the practices of Abdelwahab Abdelmohsen, Ahmed Ragab Sakr, Amira Mannah, Ayman Elsemary, Hesham Abdelmoaty, Ibrahim Ghazala, Khaled Sorour, Mohamed Abouelnaga, Mohamed Eid, Mohamed Elfayoumi, Salah Hammad, Tarek Elsheikh, and Wael Darweish in a single, resonant encounter, presenting works created between 1983 and 2025. Rather than arranging the exhibition along a linear timeline, it proposes a broader vision that artistic value is not bound to chronology and that the dialogue between works transcends notions of old and new. Here, time folds in on itself, allowing distinct moments, experiences, and artistic languages to coexist as parallel realities.
The exhibition unfolds across a rich spectrum of artistic schools and approaches, from modernist explorations and expressive figuration to abstraction, conceptual practices, pop art, and material experimentation. Each artist brings a distinct visual philosophy shaped by historical context, education, and personal inquiry, yet the works intersect through shared concerns with form, memory, identity, landscape, and the human condition. Differences in technique, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, and photographic transfer processes, become points of convergence rather than division.
By placing these diverse works side by side, Parallel Universes reveals how artistic ideas echo across generations, reappearing in new forms without losing their urgency. The exhibition asserts that art is a continuous field of inquiry rather than a sequence of eras that replace one another. In this collective presentation, multiple universes exist simultaneously, affirming that creativity remains timeless, fluid, and perpetually renewed.
