Egyptian Artist Wael Shawky to exhibit his art as part of the 2018 Winter Olympics event -known as PyeongChang 2018- which is scheduled to take place from 9 to 25 February in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. This is a major international multi-sport event which aims at spreading messages of harmony and coexistence, equality and peace, and humanism; the South Korean province of Gangwon-do is hosting the visual-art stage Gangwon International Biennale, with the participation of the Shawky. Organized by the Gangwon International Art Exhibition & Folk Art Festival Organizing Committee, the Gangwon International Biennale will be held for 44 days from 3 February to 18 March, at the Green City Experience Centre e-Zen in Gangneung. The Gangwon International Biennale aims at reflecting the common tragic reality of mankind through art; its theme is to offer the recovery of human value. The Biennale will introduce artworks developed by 60 individuals and groups of artists from more than 20 countries including Swiss Thomas Hirschhorn, Egyptian Wael Shawky, Lebanese-American Walid Shawky, Syrian Tammam Azzam, and Lebanese Akram Zaatari. Hirschhorn is renowned for being severely critical of the political problems in modern society through presenting images of violence and miserable…
The 2018 Winter Olympic Gears up With Egyptian Artist Wael Shawky in South Korea
January 31, 2018
