Cairo Artist breathes life into human paintings

Cairo-based artist Chanel Arif's paints for her art project called After Dinner that uses humans and their surroundings as her canvas, in her gallery in the capital of Cairo. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)

Updated on: Mar 07, 2017 10:17 AM IST

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Cairo-based artist Chanel Arif's paints for her art project called After Dinner that uses humans and their surroundings as her canvas, in her gallery in the capital of Cairo. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)

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Ms. Arif uses humans and their surroundings as her canvas, creating what at first appear to be two-dimensional paintings using fluid brush strokes and playing with light and shadows. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)

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The installation, called After Dinner, was Cairo-based artist Chanel Arif’s latest venture into living, breathing art. (Sherif Fahmy/ REUTERS)

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Inspired by American artist Alexa Meade, the concept is new in Egypt’s contemporary art scene. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)

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Artist Chanel Arif paints on a woman for her art project in Cairo. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)

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Artist Chanel Arif paints her subject for her art project in Cairo. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)

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The child of Saudi and Iranian immigrants to the United States, Arif first signed up to study make-up and body art in Los Angeles last year. After returning to Egypt, she relied on friends, who offered their bodies and time, to experiment. (Sherif Fahmy / REUTERS)