Description
Acrylic on paper, Salah Elmur (Sudanese, born 1966)
Untitled, from “The 30 faces of Lover Men” serie, 2016
Paper size: 39 x 51 cm
Painting size: 21 x 29.7 cm
Signed ‘Salah (front)
Provenance: direct from artist
Salah El Mur (Arabic: صلاح المر, born 1966 Khartoum, Sudan) is a contemporary artist living and working in Khartoum. El Mur’s painting style can be defined as slightly random and abstract, but not to the point of incomprehensibility. His use of color favors bold tones in thick paint strokes complimented with occasional shades of lighter hues. “The colours in my paintings are very strong because of the sun in my country and also because of the people there, who love to wear colourful clothes”, says Salah El Mur. The subjects express unreserved emotional capacities; although the paintings do not include significant events or action, each face appears to have a story behind it.
El Mur is a painter, filmmaker, photographer, and illustrator. His works can be found in public and private collections all over the world. His paintings have been exhibited in Egypt, the UAE, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, France, Washington D.C., Uganda, and Kenya among other locations. His work has even been shown in a group exhibition at the British National Museum in London, a rare honour for a contemporary artist from Sudan.
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