The Bee Kingdom is several projects in different media drawn from materials left behind by the artist’s grandfather, Egyptian poet, publisher and bee scientist Ahmed Zaky Abushady (1892-1955). Projects include an archive, artworks, and a book in progress.
Date: 2014
Medium: Mixed media installed on a shelf: Two framed limited edition prints; bottled artisanal red wine vinegar with label adaptation of Dr. Abushady’s letterhead; bamboo recipe box containing 4×6 inch photographs documenting The Apis Club (ca.1920s) and vinegar-making process (ca.2013); 10×8″ framed photograph of Zaky and Annie Abushady at The Apis Club ca. 1920. Dimensions: Variable
Date: 2014
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 6.75″Wx4.75″Dx4.75″H
Teak recipe box containing 4×6 inch photographs documenting Abushady’s Apis Club alternating with home red wine vinegar-making process. White gloves provided for public to thumb through photos.
Two editions of lithographs were produced with BroderPress, NY.
Title of print: “Caricature of A.Z.Abushady by Mohamed Fridon, 1928”
Date: 2014
Medium: Lithography on rag paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (unframed)
Edition of 25 + 5 A/P
Title of print: “Abushady’s Complete Specification, 1919”
Date: 2014
Medium: Lithography on rag paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (unframed)
Edition of 25 + 5 A/P
“Immigrant Zero” by Maged Atiya (March 29, 2015) commemorates the anniversary of A.Z. Abushady’s death (April 12, 1955), and the plight of Egyptian liberal thinkers. Read it on his blog, SalamaMousa: reclaiming Egypt
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