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Who Says It Doesn't Work?
A. Rahim Sharif
Solo exhibition
28 April 2010
Cuadro Gallery Dubai
A. Rahim Sharif
Solo exhibition
28 April 2010
Cuadro Gallery Dubai
THROUGHOUT HIS artistic practice, A. Rahim Sharif has sought to challenge his viewers. At first glance, his work appears contradictory, forcing the spectator to delve deeper and reach higher levels of understanding and eventually introspection. His manipulation of colour and form allows him to daringly juxtapose contrasting themes such as torment and anguish with comical undertones. One way in which he achieves this contrast is by portraying dark subjects that are often sinister or troubled in bright, vivacious colours. Ironically, this contrast of light and dark, both emotionally and visually, results in an overall balance to the viewer, giving a sense of completeness to his work.
Sharif’s introspective nature also resulted in his fascination with the accuracy of portraying his subjects and emotions as a reflection on a particular moment in time. He often goes back and reworks his paintings once they fail to accurately mirror his emotions, juxtaposing both the history and immediacy of an emotion, evoking the contrast which is so pervasive in his work. This unique method of obliterating and recreating his pieces has allowed him to create images with a powerful sense of physical and mental energy.
In this new body of work Sharif breaks through set norms. He paints with energy and urgency, employing loose, expressionistic strokes that are applied and stripped away from his canvases in an effort to deconstruct and redefine the conventional painting formula. - Cuadro gallery
Sharif’s introspective nature also resulted in his fascination with the accuracy of portraying his subjects and emotions as a reflection on a particular moment in time. He often goes back and reworks his paintings once they fail to accurately mirror his emotions, juxtaposing both the history and immediacy of an emotion, evoking the contrast which is so pervasive in his work. This unique method of obliterating and recreating his pieces has allowed him to create images with a powerful sense of physical and mental energy.
In this new body of work Sharif breaks through set norms. He paints with energy and urgency, employing loose, expressionistic strokes that are applied and stripped away from his canvases in an effort to deconstruct and redefine the conventional painting formula. - Cuadro gallery
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About Abdulrahim Sharif
Born in Manama in Bahrain in 1954, Sharif’s artistic journey began right after receiving the 1973 Award of recognition of Bahrain Ministry of Information which led him to the doorsteps of the Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux-Arts where he received the National High Diploma in 1978. In Paris, the young Bahraini held
solo exhibitions at the “Cite des Arts”, in 1976. Prior to that, he also participated in group exhibitions at the “Galerie des Beaux-Arts”, between 1974 and 1978, Art and Revolution in 1975 and Contemporary Arab Art, at the “Espace Pierre Cardin”
in 1978. Later, he travelled to America where he achieved a Master of Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design, New York, and exhibited at Parsons Gallery, New York, in 1980 and 1990. Throughout his artistic career Sharif has participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide including Bahraini Artists in Singapore in 1981, the 8th Arab
Exhibition, Kuwait in 1983, the 1st Sharjah biennale in 1989, “Made in G.C.C”, London in 1994 and has won many awards such as the “Grand Mass des Beaux-Arts” in Paris in 1976, the Dilmum Prize in the 8th Bahraini Artists Exhibition in 1978 and
First Prize in the 24th and 25th National Art Competition in 1995 and 1996.
Born in Manama in Bahrain in 1954, Sharif’s artistic journey began right after receiving the 1973 Award of recognition of Bahrain Ministry of Information which led him to the doorsteps of the Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux-Arts where he received the National High Diploma in 1978. In Paris, the young Bahraini held
solo exhibitions at the “Cite des Arts”, in 1976. Prior to that, he also participated in group exhibitions at the “Galerie des Beaux-Arts”, between 1974 and 1978, Art and Revolution in 1975 and Contemporary Arab Art, at the “Espace Pierre Cardin”
in 1978. Later, he travelled to America where he achieved a Master of Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design, New York, and exhibited at Parsons Gallery, New York, in 1980 and 1990. Throughout his artistic career Sharif has participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide including Bahraini Artists in Singapore in 1981, the 8th Arab
Exhibition, Kuwait in 1983, the 1st Sharjah biennale in 1989, “Made in G.C.C”, London in 1994 and has won many awards such as the “Grand Mass des Beaux-Arts” in Paris in 1976, the Dilmum Prize in the 8th Bahraini Artists Exhibition in 1978 and
First Prize in the 24th and 25th National Art Competition in 1995 and 1996.
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