You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To, 2010

Economic bubbles based on speculative real-estate investment are popping up all over the world. Artists breathe the same late- Capitalist air full of flashy advertising teaching people how to desire lifestyles. But what happens when the economy which dictates the circumstances of their professional lives begins to encroach on their private life and personal welfare? "A house is not a home," but what constitutes a home when one is challenged to survive professionally, emotionally, and physically all at once? The elements of this work are a property advertisement with lifestyle undertones, an artist as an evicted, homeless man, and technology that will keep us connected - three sides of one economy of lust.

1982, Alexandria, Egypt. Lives and works in Alexandria. In Mahmoud Khaled's work we are subjected to the conceptual effects of an inspective eye primarily concerned with the boundaries and in-between zones of public life and its personal counterpart. Subjectivity is objectified and objectivity is subjectified to create an encounter with both the public and private domains at the very same instance. Working with a wide range of media and usually within a specific context, Khaled has shown his works in solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the Middle East, including BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2010), Trapped in Amber, UKS, Oslo (2009), PhotoCairo 4, Cairo (2008), and Biacs3, Seville (2008).