Rashid Diab
Rashid Diab (Arabic: راشد دياب, Wad Madani, Sudan, 1957) is a Sudanese painter and visual artist.[1]
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He studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum, from which he graduated in 1978 with honours.[2] Sponsored by a scholarship from the government of Spain, he continued his studies at the Complutense University of Madrid, and submitted his PhD thesis on the ‘Philosophy of Sudanese Art’ in 1991.[3]
Back in Khartum since 1999, Diab works as a painter, art teacher and director of his own artistic center.[4][5][6] His work has been widely exhibited and included in private collections.[7]
The Encyclopedia of African History describes Diab's colourful style as an exemplification of the generation of artists that followed Sudanese pioneers like Ibrahim El Salahi, and "developed a more universal aesthetic, that merges Western, African, and Islamic influences and expresses cultural identity in a global context."[8]
References
- "Rashid Diab - AFRICANAH.ORG". 8 February 2015.
- Hassan, Salah M.; Enwezor, Okwui (1995). New Visions: Recent Works by Six African Artists: Rashid Diab, Angèle Etoundi Essamba, David Koloane, Wosene Kosrof, Houria Niati, Olu Oguibe. Eatonville: Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts. p. 11.
- "Rashid Diab Painting". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- "Sudanese Painter Holds Exhibition in Korea". 17 April 2009.
- "Rashid Diab, el pintor sudanés que explica España más allá del fútbol".
- "Sudanese Artist Draws from a Nation's Agony". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- Hassan, S. M. (1994-09-01). "FRAGMENTS OF POETIC MEMORY: THE ART OF RASHID DIAB". Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art. 1994 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1215/10757163-1-1-19. ISSN 1075-7163.
- Shillington, Kevin (2005). Encyclopedia of African History. New York / London: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 109. ISBN 978-1579584559.