Divide
& Collide
Mother Earth, the life cycle is forever in a loop, ever-changing. The continuous jump on the spinning wheel is never-ending. We are constantly in a race with ourselves. With only oblivion in sight. Our partnership emerged into a friendship, a new idea for common ground. Documenting as we drive by, walk past, off-hand, over time. No timeline, no deadline. Inevitably it evolved over time. Conversing, understanding, exchanging views; new views.
The world of matter, the people of matter. Defying unconquered matter. Our practices collided in a positive manner. Mashed together, almost in a too-naive manner. Our manners and egos are all divided, split down the middle. The absolute utopian collaboration. Dissecting the World's resources has left us all, starved for experiences, feeding on the less fortunate. Engulfing their reality to escape our own. Where the appetite for the brave world will be our demise.
Galleri Sod, Copenhagen, Denmark
WHITE NOISE
All noise
Harmonious monotone euphony
The repeated loop is lengthy
Industry destroys
The mechanical joys
In the midst of the big boys
Old clothes torn to pieces, spray paint, acrylics, varnish, transfer print, wallpaper paste, fabric hardener on canvas, and digital media.
150 x 100 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
HYDRATED LIMESTONE
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric, framed in ash wood with museum glass
35 x 46 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
THE MAZE
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric, framed in ash wood with museum glass
35 x 46 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
BLINDED EYES
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric, framed in ash wood with museum glass
35 x 46 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
THE MANIC MANNEQUIN
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric, framed in ash wood with museum glass
35 x 46 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
GARDEN OF MONO
The soil of thought
In contours it sought
Jungle of green monochrome
Stay-at-home
Half-light, an empty sight
Intaking not so much contemplating
Inflating
The breeze of despair
Old clothes torn to pieces, spray paint, acrylics, varnish, transfer print, wallpaper paste, fabric hardener on canvas, and digital media.
150 x 100 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
I ONLY SEE DIRTY HANDS
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric, framed in ash wood with museum glass
35 x 46 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
PETROLEUM ABYSS
It gurgles in silence, seeps through the seams
A graveyard of Oceans
The future has dark veins
and the future looks back with a face
we can’t put into place
Old clothes torn to pieces, spray paint, acrylics, varnish, transfer print, wallpaper paste, fabric hardener on canvas, and digital media.
150 x 100 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
NOWHERE TO BE SEEN
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric, framed in ash wood with museum glass
35 x 46 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
A CONFLICTED MIND
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric
23,5 x 34,2 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
HANGING HANGMEN
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric
21,5 x 29,5 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
RIG THE RIGGER
Transfer print, varnish, wallpaper paste and fabric hardener on a piece of fabric
22,2 x 36 cm
Ahmed El Kholy & Paul Ø. McNulty, 2025
“The collaborative duo explores how centuries of overconsumption has likely compromised the future of our existence on this planet. Through their respective crafts, the two artists work together in a multi-sensory experience involving film, photograph, and textile artworks” - Lasse, Galleri Sod.