Ahmed Fouad Selim Highlights Builder Era in Art

The article presents the opinion of artist Ahmed Fouad Selim regarding the role of art in society. He emphasized that American art has had a significant influence in shaping American society and mentioned that cinema and art have contributed to creating history there. He explained that societies with a rich history, such as Egypt, should see art as either a reaction to reality or a means of building it—especially during the current development phase, which requires art to align with the national project. The artist criticized the chaos found in some artistic works and the use of crude language, considering that the responsibility lies with artists to produce content that demonstrates awareness and reflects reality positively. He also pointed out that artistic work in the past was more organized, involving text reading and training. He warned against the phenomenon of "writer's workshops," where a group of people collaboratively write a script without clear leadership—this negatively affects the quality of artistic content. Summing up his view, he stated that the success of works depends on having a good idea driven by good intentions, and that art must accompany Egypt’s development project, especially in this era of builders.

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