The Muse Magazine Issue 02
The Muse Magazine Issue 02 The second issue of The Muse magazine is presented to you with a firm stance, not on the archives of the state but on our collective memory and social archives. We see this humble endeavour in itself as an archival practice, prioritising spaces of memory as well as collective, creative, and non-traditional archives. With this approach, we invite readers to engage with the archive as a social and creative production practice and a collective approach rather than as a final, unquestionable material.
Khartoum Artists Talk
Khartoum Artists Talk Written by Mozaffar Ramadan, The practice of art-making during mass uprisings has brought artistic practices closer to the people, solidifying their role as a necessary need tied to people’s lives and their envisioned utopian future. Consequently, people’s perception of art and artists improved significantly, after being undermined for three decades by systematic Islamist propaganda under the ousted regime. On the other hand, this period also helped artists reshape their attitudes and ideas about the concept of creative production itself. By experimenting with new techniques they had not previously explored, and by considering the ethical dimensions of artistic production from a perspective of social responsibility, they evolved their practices. These interviews document the thoughts of Khartoum’s artists during a pivotal period in the transformation of the Sudanese art movement.
Decaying Bank: Reproducing Khartoum Visually
Decaying Bank: Reproducing Khartoum Visually is the result of a residency project that attempted to engage with Khartoum from an artistic approach. During this residency, there were many artistic and research interventions on the history of Khartoum and its social space, with a cross-disciplinary methodology, in which the points from which we saw the city intertwined. Throughout this book you will find a group of visual works that were created by the hands of 6 Sudanese visual artists, along with critical interventions to under- stand the city and reproduce it visually.
Colonial Spectrum
Colonial Spectrum Written by Hassan Alnasir, Colonial Specter is a narrative about the city of Khartoum, where the author attempts to excavate the city’s map in a style that blends autobiography with the city and social concepts. The author seeks to present a unique composition of the text, merging literary and social elements. The work is divided into two chapters: the first, titled Probing Kitchener, delves into the history of Khartoum, while the second explores Khartoum’s roads and their general structure.
The Muse Magazine
The Muse Magazine Issue 01 The Muse Magazine in its first issue was released in September 2023. It is an artistic and visual production that primarily focuses on Sudanese art. It consists of articles featuring a collection of brilliant paintings from Sudanese artists. All Artist Book Cataloge Magazine Merchandise Magazine The Muse Magazine 22,00 $Add to Cart
Of Faces, Tales, and Lands
Of Faces, Tales, and Lands Guest curated by Reem Aljeally for BetterShared, “Of Faces, Tales, and Lands” is a selection of contemporary artworks by 10 established Sudanese artists. The collection combines portraiture, figuration and landscapes of the artists explorations of Sudanese social structures, traditions, cultural constructions, history and present constraints. From the questions of identity opposed by Elhassan Elmuontasir and Hazim Alhussain in their abstract portraits to the digital collages of Yasmin Elnour on women in our communities, the traditional and iconic “Karkar” usage for hair that is addressed in the illustrations of Alaa Satir and the imaginative and poetry like compositions of Rayan Elnayal and Mohamed Hamid. The collection aims to showcase a diverse realm for an outsider’s perspective to the current matters illustrated in the Sudanese art scene through the lenses of those 10 artists. Kandaka factory final outer space, Yasmin Elnour The catalogue also includes three articles as follows: Parallel Existence of Times in Visual Arts of Sudan, By Rahiem Shadad On Sudanese fine art and the absence of reception, by Mohamed Morada, Edited by Mozafar Ramadan, Translated from Arabic by Reem Aljeally The current state of visual arts in Sudan and its conceptual trends, by Mozafar Ramadan, Translated from Arabic by Reem Aljeally Participating artists Ahmed Abushakeema A documentary photographer started his photography journey in Khartoum, Sudan, with a portrait project under the name of A Thousand Portraits From Sudan. Ala Khier A photographer who’s active in photography training. Ala’s work documents various aspects of everyday life and culture in Sudan. Alaa Satir An illustrator and designer with works that often tackle social issues, political and current affairs, as well as taking inspiration from everyday life. Elhassan Elmuontasir A multi-disciplinary artist whose work seeks to question identity, inner identity, self-image, social structures and individuality. Hazim Alhussain Painter and visual artist who creates works that are structured from exploring identity and the collective thinking in society. Khalid Abdalrahman A self-taught artist whose work is an abstraction of urban spaces and landscapes of Sudan illustrated through an outstanding combination of techniques. Mosab Zakaria An illustrator, character designer and concept artist whose work combines and researches the Sudanese history and culture. Mohamed Hamid A figurative painter who combines patterns, everyday objects and plants in illustrious colourful compositions. Rayan ElNayal A designer that uses her architecture background in visualising and speculating on fictional spaces. She is interested in how magic realist techniques can aid in the production of ethnocentric futurisms and sci-fi in Sudan, the SWANA region and its diaspora. Yasmin Elnour An architect and designer whose work emerges from the roots of Sudanese culture, heritage, and social contexts. BetterShared is a UK-based leading platform to discover and shop contemporary art by some of today’s most exciting emerging artists from Africa and the diaspora. This collection is on sale as prints at BetterShared.co All Artist Book Cataloge Magazine Merchandise Cataloge Of Faces, Tales, and Lands 15,00 $Add to Cart
Inside the Corner Pink House
Inside the Corner Pink House Following the recent events of the ongoing war in Khartoum, illustrating a nostalgic visit to memories of living, events, and childhood resurfacing with the attempts of adjusting to a new life in a foreign land The story traces the world and thoughts of “Girl with fat belly”, the symbolic character in Al-Jeally’s paintings and work, diving into her world of possessions and items that are symbolising life in its rawest form in a manner relatable to many. This project is funded by the Next Level – Production Fund, a project of the Goethe Institute as part of the German-Arab Transformation Partnership and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. Format: 15 x 10.5 cm, Hardcover, 120 pages, gouache paper, edition of 200 published by The Muse multi studiosSubcategory: Artist BookDecember 2023 Accompanying the launch of the book was the exhibition holding the same title exhibited in February 2024 at Bibliothek Art Galley in Cairo, Egypt. All Artist Book Cataloge Magazine Merchandise Artist Book Inside the Corner Pink House 12,00 $Add to Cart