Bibliographic data

Description:

Artwork by Ibrahim El-Salahi. Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930-) was born in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum. He is a painter, former public servant and diplomat. He studied at the School of Design, Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, and later at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His interest in communicating with his local community led him to see African motifs, Arabic calligraphy and Islamic ornamental patterns as symbols of Sudanese cultural heritage that should be reflected in his works. This concept made El-Salahi one of the founders of the Khartoum School art movement. In 1976 he left Sudan to Qatar, and later moved to the United Kingdom where he is lives now. El-Salahi was the Many of El-Salahi’s works are included among the collections of international museums and galleries. His exhibition in 2013 was the London Tate Modern gallery's first retrospective exhibition of a contemporary artist from Africa.

Date:

1980-90

Collection:

Issam Ahmed Abdelhafiez > The Khartoum School

Media type:

Artwork

Topics:

Art and Design

Sudan Memory ID:

IAH-0000313