01 Painting, African Artists, Art of War, Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi's Against Violence, with Footnotes

Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi

Against Violence, c.  2017

Acrylic on canvas

79 * 80 cm

Private collection

Sold for £3,200 in May 2023

Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi was born in 1948 in Dewaim and now lives and works in Omdurman. He is a graphic designer, cartoonist and teacher, and one of the best-known contemporary artists in Sudan. He has had exhibitions in different parts of the world and has been awarded a couple of awards in Kuwait and the Emirates. His use of vivid bright colours and the black outlining of his shapes and figures make his paintings stand out from those of other painters. He has also illustrated two children’s story books, Sudanese Singers and Fatima Sugarcane, which have been published in both Arabic and French. He has participated in numerous exhibitions both personal and collective.

For the past few years, Otaybi has moved on from the theories of the School of Khartoum and Madrasat Al-Wahid. In particular, he has turned towards a view of art that is more global. This does not mean that he has abandoned the use of the aesthetic heritage of the Sudan as a starting point for his work. Rather, he is seeking to create art that demonstrates local culture but that can also communicate with the rest of the world.

Otaybi has exhibited nationally and internationally, and has received a number of prestigious awards, including the 1981 Kuwaiti Golden Sail Award, a prize at the 1993 Sharjah Biennial and the Gold Medal at the 2003 Cairo Biennale. More on Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi

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