Ever since he modeled a figure of Ramses II at the age of eight, in 1937, Egyptian sculptor Adam Henein has been refining and perfecting his distinct artistic practice, invoking such disparate reference points as Western Modernism, ancient Egyptian symbolism and formal tradition, spiritual and poetic awareness and a deep-rooted sense of minimalism. Henein's work is characteristically minimal and calm.

He returns time and again to overriding themes that have filtered deep into his fertile core over the decades from the world around him and his deep awareness and reverence for historical symbolism and cultural signifies of Egyptian history. Having worked with a diversity of materials he references ...