Artists

MASTERCLASS30 30 Artists Artists &&&& Illustrators Illustrators Illustrators``````ROY LICHTENSTEIN, WHAAM! 1963, ACRYLIC PAINT AND OIL PAINT ON CANVAS, 173X406 CM, PURCHASED 1966, © ESTATE OF ROY ICHTENSTEIN/DACS 2016``````IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI, REBORN SOUNDSOF CHILDHOOD DREAMS 1Ibrahim’s Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams hasmultiple associations with the fi gurative forms suggestingwomen and musicians – though several fi gures appear tocontain others within them.These elements of calligraphic forms may recallaspects of the Qur’anic school run by El-Salahi’s father.The work was made in the period immediately followingthe establishment of independence in Sudan and is a keywork of what became the ‘Khartoum school’ throughwhich El-Salahi and colleagues sought to establish adistinct modern culture.``````IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI REBORN SOUNDS OF CHILDHOOD DREAMS I 1961-5, ENAMEL PAINT AND OIL PAINT ON COTTON, 258X260CM TATE. PURCHASED FROM THE ARTIST WITH ASSISTANCE FROM``````THE AFRICA ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE, THE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE, TATE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL AND TATE MEMBERS 2013 © IBRAHIM SALAHI``````The colour range appears at fi rst to be restricted toblack and white, but closer inspection reveals accentsof brighter colour, sometimes controlled and limited byover-painting. The fact that it was painted on cottonmay lend the work a certain fragility of appearance.The addition of such a signifi cant work by El-Salahicoincided with his exhibition at Tate Modern, so thepainting could be seen in the context of his wider outputand also seen in the different contexts of the collection.We have shown it alongside Picasso’s Three Dancers,with which it shares an energetic treatment of the body,and with sculptures by Germaine Richier, for whommemory and transformation were also important.28 Tate's Greatest Hits.indd 30 10/06/2016 15:35