Ibrahim El-Salahi became a foundational figure in African modernism through a practice that joined modernist abstraction with Arabic calligraphy, Islamic visual traditions and Sudanese cultural references. After study in London and work in Khartoum, he developed an increasingly spare, calligraphic language. A period of political imprisonment in 1975 profoundly shaped his subsequent work.
Painting; drawing; printmaking
Artist Films
Ibrahim El-Salahi – Studio Visit | TateShots
Major Works
- 1964The Last Sound
- 1964The Mosque
- 1984–85The Inevitable
- 1975Prison Notebook drawings
- 2000sTree series
- 1961–65Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams I
- 1965Vision of the Tomb
- 1963Flamenco Dancer
- 2000sHaraza Tree series
- 2016–18Pain Relief Drawings
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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