At Home in the World

A Memoir: Ibrahim El-Salahi

The Africa Institute

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English

Skira
23 September 2022

Art & design styles: from c 1960

For more than a half century, Ibrahim El-Salahi has been at the forefront of African modernism in the visual arts. A renowned artist, writer, critic, and teacher, El-Salahi continues to refine his unique modernist vision, which combines and challenges Islamic, African, and western paradigms of modernism in the visual arts.

In this engaging memoir, El-Salahi recalls some of the most formative experiences of his career. From Khartoum to London to Sao Paulo to New York to Doha, and many places in between, El-Salahi shares his wide-ranging intellectual curiosity as he seeks out significant artwork and interesting conversation on several continents. He introduces his reader to encounters he had with figures such as the African-American modernists Hale Woodruff, Jacob Lawrence, and members of the Spiral Group; the legendary leader of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad; and the Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo. His memories of passing acquaintances are equally thoughtful and thought provoking.

El-Salahi also documents his contributions to Sudanese public culture, his unjust imprisonment under a military government, and subsequent exile from Sudan. In this important work, El-Salahi offers new perspectives on his development as an artist and on his foundational contributions to African and Arab modernism. Salah M. Hassan's introduction contextualizes El-Salahi's artwork within a global history of modern art and expands its narrative.

By: The Africa Institute
Imprint: Skira
Country of Publication: Italy
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm,
Weight: 980g
ISBN: 9788857246529
ISBN 10: 8857246523
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 23 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Africa Institute is an interdisciplinary academic research institute dedicated to the study, research and documentation of Africa, its people and its cultures, its complex past, present and future, and its manifold connections with the wider world.

Reviews for At Home in the World: A Memoir: Ibrahim El-Salahi

"With a career spanning more than half a century the memoir recalls some of the icon's formative experiences and life encounters ranging from his time in Khartoum, London, Sao Paulo, New York, Doha and manyplaces in between.-- ""Esquire Middle East"""