The arbitrary nature of the capital’s constantly changing facades serves as inspiration for Dalila Hassanein’s work. These layers, which include graffiti, local advertising, commercial calligraphy, dates and names, serve as reminders of the city’s past and urban development. Hassanein paints portrayals of the city in her first solo show “On The Road”, where her large scale paintings produce an almost overpowering sensory experience which may seem very familiar to Egyptian inhabitants. By using Cairo as a stencil, Hassanein creates hyperrealistic images of the city while celebrating Cairo’s creative informality.
Dalila Hassanein is an Egyptian visual artist specializing in painting and graffiti. Hassanein is currently completing her Bachelor’s degree at the American University in Cairo’s department of Visual Arts. Her work focuses on the visual landscape of the city’s ever-changing façades by treating it as a stencil through paint and graffiti. These layers, which include amateur graffiti, local advertising, commercial calligraphy, dates and names, serve as reminders of the city’s past
and urban development. By using Cairo as a stencil, Hassanein creates hyper-realistic images of the city which celebrate its creative informality.
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