He's Egypt's Minister of Culture – and paints too
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Excerpt from Douglas Britt
It’s not every day we get to see contemporary Egyptian art here in Texas. So you might think the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, deserves kudos for bringing Farouk Hosny: The Energy of Abstraction to town.
Then again, you might hold the applause until you hear what the painter’s day job is.
He’s been Egypt’s Minister of Culture since 1987. That’s why the forward to the catalog — signed by MFAH Director Peter C. Marzio and Irvin M. Lippman, executive director of the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, the show’s other venue — thanks Hosny “for his commitment to preserving works from the ancient kingdom of Egypt as well as creating works of art that have a vivid life of their own.”
If Hosny were a cab driver, I doubt the museums would thank him for his commitment to getting people to the airport on time as well as making paintings.
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