Ibrahim El-Salahi
Sudanese visual artist and former public servant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ibrahim El-Salahi (Arabic: إبراهيم الصلحي, born 5 September 1930) is a Sudanese painter, former public servant and diplomat. He is one of the foremost visual artists of the Khartoum School,[1] considered as part of African Modernism[2] and the pan-Arabic Hurufiyya art movement, that combined traditional forms of Islamic calligraphy with contemporary artworks.[3] On the occasion of the Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa in 2013, El-Salahi's work was characterized as "a new Sudanese visual vocabulary, which arose from his own pioneering integration of Islamic, African, Arab and Western artistic traditions."[4]
Ibrahim El-Salahi | |
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Born | (1930-09-05) 5 September 1930 (age 93) Omdurman, Sudan |
Education | School of Design, Gordon Memorial College (now University of Khartoum); Slade School of Fine Art , London (1954-1957) |
Known for | Visual arts |
Movement | African Modernism, contemporary art, Hurufiyya movement |
Awards | Prince Claus Award |