An intercultural artistic narrative between Germany and Egypt**.** In
her works, Barbara Armbruster (b. in Bad Waldsee, lives and works in
Stuttgart) deals with cultural and social spaces, structures, and
identities. Influenced by many years of residence in the North African
metropolis of Cairo, Armbruster's diverse works are points of
relationship between two completely different cultural spaces. In her
paintings, drawings, photographs, installations, and performative
videos, the artist pursues a cross-cultural approach that tells of her
time in Egypt and Germany on both a documentary and personal level. The
monograph provides fascinating insight into Armbruster's continuously
developed language of expression between Arabic calligraphy, stylized
ornamentation, and the photographic staging of everyday architecture.
With a foreword by Clemens Ottnad and contributions by Salwa Bakr, Iris
Dressler, Marianne Eigenheer, Eva-Marina Froitzheim, Andreas Gabelmann,
José F. A. Oliver, Vivien Sigmund, and Stefanie Stegmann. Barbara
Armbruster studied Graphic Art at the State Academy of Fine Arts in
Stuttgart, where she later held a teaching position. Her works have been
widely exhibited at, among others, the Goethe-Institut in Cairo, the
Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart, and the Kunstverein Freiburg.
