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Höhepunkte aus der Sammlung der Barjeel Art Foundation. Sharjah Art Museum, VAE, 12. Mai 2018 - 31. Mai 2023. Kuratoren: Salwa Mikdadi, Mandy Merzaban, Karim Sultan.
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The Last Sound, 1964
Öl auf Leinwand
121,5 x 121,5 cm
Ibrahim El-Salahi
Geboren 1930, Omdurman, Sudan
Lebt und arbeitet in Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich
A work by the foundational figure of African modernism, Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi. The artist’s intricately detailed compositions draw on Islamic, African, Arab, and Western artistic traditions. In The Last Sound (1964), a fascinating amalgam of muted abstract shapes and curves, angular lines are sparsely balanced across the square canvas. Referencing the passing of his father, a Muslim cleric, the painting’s title The Last Sound invokes the final elusive sound of a soul’s divine passage from the corporeal world to the eternal one. Making reference to the prayers for the deceased in Sufi Islamic practice, this work poignantly culminates El-Salahi’s view throughout his career that his creative production is channeled through his commitment to the spiritual process.
Text von Sarah Rogers und Mandy Merzaban
© Foto: Courtesy Barjeel Art Foundation
Höhepunkte aus der Sammlung der Barjeel Art Foundation. Sharjah Art Museum, VAE, 12. Mai 2018 - 31. Mai 2023. Kuratoren: Salwa Mikdadi, Mandy Merzaban, Karim Sultan.