Ahmed Shibrain

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ahmed Shibrain , also Ahmad Muhammad Shibrain (* 1931 in Barbar ; † 2017 ) was a Sudanese painter and former dean of the College of Fine and Applied Art at Khartoum University .

life and work

Shibrain studied fine arts at the Khartoum Technical Institute (KTI) and at the Central School of Art and Design in London . From 1972 he was the art commissioner of the Sudanese youth ministry, later also cultural secretary in the ministry for culture and information. At Khartoum University, he became dean of the College of Art in 1975 and was president of the staff union.

Together with Ibrahim El Salahi , he is regarded as one of the leading representatives of the “Khartoum School”, which combines Islamic, Nubian, African and Western aspects and traditions. From the traditional calligraphy of suras they developed new forms of pictorial representation. Shibrain's large-format calligraphies, in which the words of religious texts are interpreted as independent ornaments and images, attracted international attention early on.

Some of his works are part of the Harmon Foundation collection .

Exhibitions

  • 1967: 9th Bienal de São Paulo
  • 1974: Contemporary African Art . Museum of African Arts, Washington
  • 1996: The Right to Write . National Gallery, Amman

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ahmad Shibrain. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25460/lot/72/
  3. ↑ Victoria Palmer: Art Out of Sudan . African Arts, December 22, 2001
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of twentieth-century African history. Taylor & Francis, 2003 p. 587
  5. ^ David M. Casey: Contemporary African Art . African Arts, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1974), p. 62
  6. ^ African Art from the Harmon Foundation . US National Archives
  7. ^ National Gallery Amman, Exhibitions
personal data
SURNAME Shibrain, Ahmed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shibrain, Ahmad Muhammad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sudanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Barbarian
DATE OF DEATH 2017