Ibrahim El-Salahi “Pain Relief Drawings”
The Drawing Center
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Born in 1930 in Omdurman, Sudan, Ibrahim El-Salahi has been a prolific, innovative, and highly influential international voice in the contemporary art discourse for more than sixty years. Featuring 122 drawings from the artist’s most recent series, Ibrahim El-Salahi: Pain Relief Drawings will mark the first museum presentation of El-Salahi’s drawings in the United States. Drafted on the back of medicine packets, pill bottle labels, envelopes, and scraps of paper, the task of creating this intricate pen and ink series serves as a form of respite for the ninety-two-year-old artist, who finds diversion from his chronic pain through his daily drawing practice.
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from October 07, 2022 to January 15, 2023