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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. FedEx Van, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    FedEx Van, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12 x 8.25 in (30.48 x 20.96 cm)

  2. Skylight, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium by James Welling, Image 1.

    James Welling

    Skylight, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 1996

    Pigment print

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  3. Attempt I by Paul Rotterdam, Image 1.

    Paul Rotterdam

    Attempt I, 1979

    Etching and mezzotint on paper

    44.375 x 30.125 in (112.71 x 76.52 cm)

  4. Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series by William Eggleston, Image 2.

    William Eggleston

    Untitled, from Jamaica Botanical Series, 1978

    Chromogenic print

    13.875 x 16.875 in (35.24 x 42.86 cm)

  5. Four Days of Creation by Fritz Eichenberg, Image 1.

    Fritz Eichenberg

    Four Days of Creation, 1976

    Wood engraving on paper

    9.4375 x 8 in (23.97 x 20.32 cm)

  6. Triangle Between Infinities - 2 by Tchah-Sup Kim, Image 1.

    Tchah-Sup Kim

    Triangle Between Infinities - 2, 1976

    Etching on paper

    17.5 x 17.5 in (44.45 x 44.45 cm)

  7. El Cid, from Five Spanish Immortals by Salvador Dalí, Image 1.

    Salvador Dalí

    El Cid, from Five Spanish Immortals, 1965

    Etching on paper

    13.675 x 10.25 in (34.73 x 26.04 cm)

  8. Le Mendiant by Hippolyte Bellangé, Image 1.

    Hippolyte Bellangé

    Le Mendiant, 1827

    Lithograph on paper

    12.25 x 9.625 in (31.12 x 24.45 cm)

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About the artist

Ibrahim Said

Egyptian American

b. 1976

Ibrahim Said was born in Cairo Egypt. He grew up in Al Fustat, Cairo, which was a flourishing hub for commercial pottery work. From a young age, Said was trained by his family of potters in clay ceramics. His ceramic vessels explore and communicate his heritage through the intersection of ancient Egyptian pottery and Islamic arts, which includes ancient geometric, floral, and animal motifs. His artwork is greatly inspired by vases of the Egyptian Naqada III period of 3200-3000 B.C., and detailed carvings of water jug filters of the Egyptian Fatimid Period from 900-1200 A.C.E.

Said splits his time between Cairo and North Carolina, and teaches at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Said’s pottery is held in the permanent collections of the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia, Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo, the Mint Museum in Charlotte, and many more. He has had several solo exhibitions in both Cairo and the North Carolina Area including Durham and Greensboro. Furthermore, he won the Metcalf Award in 2020 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Photo by Dhanraj Emanuel
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