Hany Armanious
(November 4 - 23)

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Born in 1962 in Egypt. Lives and works in Sydney

A magical bricolage of cast consumer products and recovered refuse make up Hany Armanious’s personal cosmology. In a world weighed down by artifice, the artist pursues a “pure” state of materials with installations of Goodwill wares and the remains of past rituals.  His materials could include mud, bubbles, worms, sandpaper, manila folders, pool cues, and hot melt.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

General support for the Contemporary’s exhibitions program is generously provided by the Whitaker Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; William E. Weiss Foundation; Regional Arts Commission; Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; Arts and Education Council; Nancy Reynolds and Dwyer Brown; and members of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.