Exhibition
Limelight: Ibrahim El-Salahi - Haraza
28 Apr 2015 – 31 May 2015
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
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Address
- Hastings Contemporary
- Rock-a-nore Road
- Hastings
England - TN34 3DW
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The 20, 100 and 101 buses from Hastings train station stop at the Stade bus stop which is a short walk away.
- Hastings Contemporary is approximately 15 minutes’ walk from Hastings train station. Direct train services run regularly to London, Brighton and Ashford International.
This exhibition of works by Ibrahim El-Salahi reflects his fascination with the Haraza tree, native to Sudan, which has peculiar and inspirational characteristics.
About
This exhibition of works by Ibrahim El-Salahi reflects his fascination with the Haraz tree, native to Sudan, which has peculiar and inspirational characteristics.
El-Salahi himself is also native to Sudan. He is one of the pioneers of the Sudanese and African art movements. In 1954, he left Sudan on a Government Scholarship to study at the Slade School of Fine Art in London where he was inspired by Western Modernism.
Returning to Sudan to teach, Salahi was held as a political prisoner in the mid 1970’s, after which he left Sudan. He now lives in Oxford. Throughout his career, Salahi has held influential positions as a cultural figure, advising governments and the Arab world on cultural policies.
The series inspired by the Haraz tree is an ongoing investigation of the tree / body metaphor, a link between heaven and earth, creator and created.
Speaking about when the tree blooms, El-Salahi says,‘This is a definitive statement. Like saying ‘I am me! I am an individual! I do not follow what everyone is doing! When everyone is going to be green, let them be green. I am not! It’s individuality. I love that very much.’