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Ibrahim El-SalahiBehind the Mask | Collection Tate Modern, June 2020

Pen and ink on the back of a medicine packet

8.3 x 20.7 cm

About the artist

Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930 in Omdurman, Sudan) is a Sudanese artist and a leading figure of the Khartoum School. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and, after returning to Sudan in 1957, developed a visual language that brought Arabic calligraphy together with Sudanese, African, Islamic, Arab, and Western artistic traditions. His practice includes paintings and works on paper, from his early modernist works to the Tree and Pain Relief series. He lives and works in Oxford.

Ibrahim El-SalahiBehind the Mask | Collection Tate Modern, June 2020

Pen and ink on the back of a medicine packet

8.3 x 20.7 cm

About the artist

Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930 in Omdurman, Sudan) is a Sudanese artist and a leading figure of the Khartoum School. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and, after returning to Sudan in 1957, developed a visual language that brought Arabic calligraphy together with Sudanese, African, Islamic, Arab, and Western artistic traditions. His practice includes paintings and works on paper, from his early modernist works to the Tree and Pain Relief series. He lives and works in Oxford.

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