Cabaret Crusades

Wael Shawky

23.9–16.10 2021

Ateljé SKHLM, Bredholmsgatan 3, Skärholmen

For the first time in Sweden, Wael Shawky’s epic video trilogy Cabaret Crusades is presented, which includes The Horror Show Files (2010); The Path to Cairo (2012) and The Secrets of Karbala (2015). Using 200-year-old puppets and custom-made ceramic figures, a suggestive drama is created that recounts the history of The Crusades from an Arab perspective. The trilogy is inspired by the Lebanese historian Amin Maalouf’s Crusades Through Arab Eyes (1983). The exhibition takes place in a former shop in the centre of Skärholmen, at the invitation of the cultural association Folk.

Wael Shawky, Secrets of Karbala (still), 2015
Wael Shawky, Secrets of Karbala (still), 2015
Wael Shawky, The Horror Show File (still), 2010
Wael Shawky, The Horror Show File (still), 2010
Wael Shawky, The Path to Cairo (still), 2012

Thanks to Sfeir-Semler Gallery

A special thanks to Konsthall C for supporting the production

Address: Ateljé SKHLM in Skärholmens Galleria, Bredholmsgatan 4 (Next to Kjell & Company)