Artist
Rasheed Araeen
b. 1935 · Pakistani-British
Rasheed Araeen is a Pakistan-born British artist, writer and curator whose early geometric structures helped pioneer minimal sculpture in Britain. From the 1970s onward, his work and publishing challenged the exclusion of Black and Asian artists from dominant Western art institutions.
Sculpture; painting; writing; curating
Major Works
- 1968–2004Zero to Infinity →
- 1969–70Chakras →
- 1965Sculpture No. 1 →
- 1965Sculpture No. 2 →
- 1968Lovers →
- 1963–64Before the Departure (Black Paintings) →
- 1978–79How Could One Paint a Self-Portrait →
- 1977Paki Bastard (Portrait of the Artist as a Black Person) →
- 1983–84Black Sheep →
- 2016–17Shamiyaana—Food for Thought: Thought for Change →