The Six Hundred Seventy-Four Forms And A Dragon, 2023
A Solo Show at FOR space, Basel.
“Future Farms”, a sculptural installation emerges as a harbinger of future agricultural landscapes, challenging the entrenched paradigm of contemporary agricultural progress. It interrogates the current landscape of agriculture, from intellectual property policies on seeds to international trade agreements and their impacton food insecurity. El Meleegy expands on the political dimensions associated with the tomato - a fruit that’s widely used within the domestic sphere. The artwork is composed of ten fiberglass sculptures which resemble the Roma, heirloom, and supermarket tomato, where the artist plays with materiality and form to showcase the fruit in its most ideal form. She accentuates the tomatoes’ features, highlighting their color and texture to reflect on genetic modification as a mechanism for mass production and control.
In dialogue with the exhibition, a magazine was published with text contributions by Hala N. Barakat, Francesco Buscemi, Ismail Fayed and Laila Gutknecht.
📸 Gina Folly
Installation view FOR space, Basel.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
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Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
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Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fibreglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable.
Exhibition view, Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, For, Basel.
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Exhibition view, Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, For, Basel.
Exhibition view, Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, For, Basel.
The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable.
The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable.
The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable.
The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable.
The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable.
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Exhibition view, Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, For, Basel.
Exhibition view, Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, For, Basel.
Harvest Mold, 2023, gypsum, 58 x 52 x 10 cm.
For season 2023-2024 is supported by:
Pro Helvetia, Swisslos-Fonds Basel-Stadt, Abteilung Kultur Basel-Stadt, Christoph Merian Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Guggenheim-Stiftung, Stiftung Temperatio, ISEK Universität Zürich.
This exhibition is a collaboration with this years Culturescapes festival.
It was made possible with additional support by Culturescapes, Südkulturfonds, PALECO, Coop Europe, Felix Fluri, Fabian Peña, Jan van Oordt, Paolo Russano, Judith Kakon, Tweaklab, Céline Burnand, Mohamed Reda (Flavio), Mostafa Samy Mahdi.