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Images of Egypt. The curators’ take

SEPTEMBER 20-DECEMBER 20, 2018
Historical Museum, Oslo

In July 1798, General Bonaparte invaded Egypt with an army of soldiers, engineers and scholars. One month later, Admiral Nelson destroyed the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile. Situated between Europe and India, Egypt now became the Middle East for European empires. Since then, images of Egyptian landscapes and monuments have circulated as […]
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Sarcophagus of Seti I, 2017

The monolithic alabaster sarcophagus of Seti I, discovered in the Valley of the Kings by the explorer Giovanni Belzoni in 1817, was brought to London in 1821. In February 1824, it was purchased by the English architect Sir John Soane for the sum of £2000. This facsimile is produced by Factum Arte as part of […]
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David Hockney, The Magic Flute, 1977

In 1977, British artist David Hockney created a series of set designs for The Magic Flute for a performanceat Glyndebourne House in East Sussex, UK. In Outside the Temple, Hockney introduced images from the Déscription de l’Égypte to portray Sarastro’s kingdom and palace.The profile of Ramesses, figuring lower left, and the face resting against the […]
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Paul Iribe, Paw from a sphinx, 1923

Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille made the first iteration of his biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1923) in the sand dunes of Guadalupe, California. The film set, erected by some one thousand workers, was designed by famed art deco fashion designer Paul Iribe. When the filming was over DeMille had the whole site bulldozed. Soon, the […]
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Images of Egypt: Exhibition

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Historical Museum, Oslo

In July 1798, General Bonaparte invaded Egypt with an army of soldiers, engineers and scholars. One month later, Admiral Nelson destroyed the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile. Situated between Europe and India, Egypt now became the Middle East for European empires. Since then, images of Egyptian landscapes and monuments have circulated as […]
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Images of Egypt

April 28–May 11, 2017
AHO Gallery

Since the Napoleonic occupation of the country in 1798, images of Egypt have played continuously on the European mind. A geopolitical hotspot, Egypt was central in 19th and 20th century reconceptualisations of time and speed, infrastructure and technology, aesthetics and movement, all negotiated through circulating imagery.
This exhibition traces the history of moving images and objects within and out of Egypt, from the massive to the […]