Lena Fritsch, 2018
Hardcover 72 pages
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum Publications
ISBN: 978-1910807231
Dimensions: 16.59 x 1.35 x 22.89 cm
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum Publications
ISBN: 978-1910807231
Dimensions: 16.59 x 1.35 x 22.89 cm
- Many new works are included, newly photographed and previously unpublished
- Includes a transcription of a candid interview with the artist
This lively and accessible book accompanies the first solo exhibition of El-Salahi's work in Oxford, the city which has been his home for the past twenty years. The exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum offers a new perspective on the artist's work, setting it into dialogue with objects from the Museum's ancient Sudanese collection. This catalogue explores the story of El-Salahi's artistic evolution, from his early abstracted works on paper, through his extraordinary multi-panel paintings, to the emergence of his mature, meditative drawings on medicine packets and small envelopes. It also includes an exclusive interview with the artist and an illustrated chronology.