Curated by Alexandra Stock
There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet. The titular 29th letter in this exhibition refers to the unique languages that artists create. While all forms of communication build on shared elements, artists branch out from these well-defined signifiers to make something distinct from all else. These forms of artistic expression exist in-addition-to our commonly used languages. Yet, curiously, anyone who engages with an artwork will understand something within the artist’s very own language, even if the work is entirely unrelated to anything the audience has experienced before.

This group exhibition at the historic Tamara Building in Downtown Cairo focuses on multiple works per exhibiting artist, pieces that span a wide breadth of their individual productions and ones that are also essential to the artists’ respective oeuvres. Taken as separate projects, each artist presents a poignant overview of their respective work, but seen as a group exhibition, The 29th Letter showcases a glorious plurality and richness of artistic languages. You are cordially invited to engage with this 29th Letter that makes Egypt’s contemporary art sector what it is today.

"The 29th Letter of the Alphabet" was part of Art d’Egypt's collateral program, running in parallel with the exhibition "Reimagined Narratives", allowing five different galleries to collaborate and bring the works of over 40 artists to one space.