Fathi Hassan

Fathi Hassan

Fathi Hassan (born 1957) is a Sudanese-Egyptian video artist known for his installations involving the written word.

Of Nubian origin, Hassan took his diploma at the Naples Art School in 1984; in 1988 he was selected to represent Africa in the "Aperto '88" section of the Venice Biennale. He has exhibited in numerous galleries in Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, and New York City. Hassan has lived in Italy since 1979, working between Fano and Milan.

Hassan's work often emphasizes power relations and the relationship between the oral and written word; drawing upon his Nubian heritage, he places particular emphasis on the loss of language under the dominance of empire. Most of his scripts are based upon kufic calligraphy, but remain deliberately illegible and impossible to decipher.

References

* [http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/textures/artist-hassan.html Bio from the National Museum of African Art]


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