Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art is thrilled to invite you to our first collaboration with the Japanese photographer, Rui Yasue (Publista), in an exhibition titled Someone Else's Home.
The exhibition is presented as part of Cairo Photo Week, in cooperation with Photopia.
Someone Else’s Home by Publista (born in Nagoya, Japan, currently based in Cairo, Egypt) accentuates the unnoticed in everyday life: a mundane street view, an abandoned chair, a random passer-by. Steering away from the focal points of world heritage in the tourism industry, Publista recomposes the lesser-known wonders and uncovers the overlooked excitement in Egypt.
Photos are transferred onto or attached to found objects familiar to those in Cairo, evoking dynamic materiality that transcends the frame. This combination highlights a stark contrast between the Japanese value of minimalism reflected in the imagery, and the bustling Egyptian society symbolized by the object. Someone Else’s Home references ordinary elements and scenes that, through the lens of the artist, transform into a fascinating intersection of light, geometry, ambiguity and reimagination.
About the Artist: Publista/ Rui Yasue (born in Nagoya, Japan, currently based in Cairo, Egypt) is an artist whose practice spans lens-based and text-based media. His multi-disciplinary approach is intertwined with extensive journalistic experience in Egypt, Palestine, and Iraq, as well as experience in commercial photography and videography in Japan and France. Central to his artistic practice is a juxtaposition of universality and individuality, underlining stereotypes, identity and power relations. He invites audience to engage with a common ground shared with the unexpected ‘other’. In particular, his work subverts the prevailing constructed ideas about the Middle East.
Join us at the opening, Sunday, May 8, at 6:00 PM
The exhibition is running until May 20th.