collection - Sharjah Art Foundation

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah Blues is a geometric sculpture created from steel and metallic paint.

Artwork Details

Artist Rasheed Araeen
Title Sharjah Blues
Date 2013
Medium Steel and metallic paint
Dimensions 313 x 45 x 45 cm
Credit Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation

Overview

Trained as a civil engineer, Araeen is best known for his formal, geometric sculptures often created from simple, sometimes industrial materials. Eschewing traditional sculptural hierarchies and compositional concerns, Araeen’s works are informed by his social and political convictions.

Araeen, Rasheed

people

Known for his formal geometric sculptures made from simple materials, Rasheed Araeen is widely considered to be an early pioneer of minimalism.

Rasheed Araeen: Before And After Minimalism

exhibitions

Rasheed Araeen: Before And After Minimalism presents sculptures, paintings and drawings created during the more- than 50 years career of this influential Pakistani- born British artist.