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Egyptian Artist Nader Sadek Exorcises the Spirit of Hosni Mubarak With Unholy Rite Tweet 0 Comments Photo Gallery:Slideshow: Nader Sadek's Baptism in Blackby Jason FrydmanPublished: November 23, 2011Nader Sadeks 2011 sculpture-and-performance piece Baptism in Black staged a Satanic ritual that desecrated the artists uniquely fabricated bust of Hosni Mubarak. Performed in the politically charged White Tower in Thessaloniki, Greece, at the end of September, Sadeks piece channeled and connected the unrest fueling both Arab revolutions and Eurozone crises. Accompanied by Thessaloniki death metal outfit Genna Apo Kolo(Anal Birth) and a chorus of 30 local metal fans, Sadek carried out a black mass over a monochromatic white bust of Mubarak fabri...(read more)