Mahitab Maher Mohamed Elshafie is a visual artist and design lecturer, born in 1988. She graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in 2011, received her Master's degree in 2014, and her PhD in 2022. Her artistic interest is related to contemporary arts and eclectic art thoughts. She always cares about the idea of sustainability, recycling, and upcycling, through a mixture of different materials and styles, like collage art and assemblage. It has become essential in her artwork, in fact. So using leftover or waste materials and raising the efficiency of her artwork is bearing a lot of feelings, love,e and loyalty. Also,lso she participates in many international and local group exhibitions since 2007, presents many art workshops on contemporary arts and recycling art.
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In this monumental mixed-media work, the artist constructs a vibrant tapestry of the collective conscious. By utilizing an unstretched canvas as a base, the piece maintains a raw, architectural presence, suggesting a fragment of a city wall or a digital screen brought to life. The composition is a masterclass in visual density, where magazine clippings of tropical flora and sunsets collide with the gritty textures of burlap and newsprint.
A central explosion of primary yellows and oranges—highlighted by a singular, iconic smiley face—acts as a focal point for the surrounding whirlwind of imagery. The artist skillfully uses delicate ink lines to weave between the physical layers, creating a skeletal framework that connects disparate elements into a cohesive whole. This work serves as a reflection of the modern experience: a constant stream of fragmented information, where the natural world and the consumer world are inextricably linked. It invites the viewer to participate in a visual scavenger hunt, finding personal meaning within the beautiful cacophony of found materials."