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This monograph on the sculpture and painting of Adam Henein, one of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists, spans a career of over fifty years. A descendant of the most ancient population of the banks of the Nile, Adam Henein has every right to lay claim to the heritage of pharaonic Egypt. The fact that he is a repository of this legacy in no way impairs the modernity of his artistic expression and the freedom in the choice of his themes, which mix noble subjects with familiar ones. But this freedom, which is that of an accomplished artist, is also a reference to the past. Beneath the deliberate simplicity of the lines lies ancient Egypt, which he translates with the same elegance and same force, whether the images are of pharaohs or of everyday objects; it can also be found under the density of the materials chosen - granite, bronze, sandstone, plaster, slate or wood - giving the most m*s*ive forms the lightness of a bird. A painter as well as sculptor, Adam Henein has developed a unique pictorial technique: that of painting on papyrus with natural pigments bound with gum arabic. It is not hard to see how much his painting, already affected by the mineral nature of the pigments, is influenced by his sculpture: interwoven construction of rectangular surfaces, subtle but decisive indication of volume and depth, broad expanses of colours placed at the service of spatiality. This lavish volume, published in *s*ociation with the Al-Mansouria Foundation, illustrates Henein's sculptures, paintings, drawings, and sketches in beautiful color reproductions, most of which have never been published before. It is an invaluable and indispensable study for anyone who wishes to gauge the sweep of Henein's life and appreciate the evolution of his art. 
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