Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 2, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 59 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 3, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 59 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 6, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 59 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 7, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 59 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 5, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 4, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Sitting Man, 2010, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 9, 2019, Acrylic on paper, 43.5 x 45 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 10, 2019, Acrylic on paper, 43.5 x 45 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 8, 2019, Acrylic on paper, 43.5 x 45 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 11, 2019, Acrylic on paper, 43.5 x 45 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 12, 2019, Acrylic on paper, 43.5 x 45 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Fruits, 2012, Plastic bottles, papier-mâché, 51 x 13.5 x 13.5 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Fruit, 2010, Plastic bottles, papier-mâché, 23.5 x 19.5 x 18.5 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Fruit basket, 2010, Plastic bottles, papier-mâché, 18 x 23.5 x 23 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Flowered branch, 2018, Cardboard box, sliced cardboard, stone, copper wire, papier-mâché, 21 x 23 x 21 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Two Orange Flowers in Vase, 2018, Cardboard, papier-mâché, 12.5 x 15 x 5 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Robot 4, 2013, Sliced cardboard, cardboard box, papier-mâché, twine, 41 x 17.5 x 16.5 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Hanging Fruit, 2013, Plastic bottles, papier-mâché, 24.5 x 17.5 x 16.5 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Grill, 2016, Cardboard, clay, papier-mâché, 59 x 63 x 58 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 13, 2017, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Mixed Lines, 2017, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Mixed Lines 2, 2017, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 14, 2015, Mixed media, 42 x 23 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 15, 2015, Mixed media, 69 x 11.5 x 2 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 16, 2017, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 17, 2017, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 19.5 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 18, 2017, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Untitled 19, 2015, Paper assemblage, 11.5 x 11.5 in
We are delighted to present Mixed Lines, Aicon Art’s debut solo exhibition of Khorfakkan-based Emirati artist Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim. Ibrahim is part of the UAE's first generation of contemporary artists from the 1990s and 2000s, an avant-garde that included Hassan Sharif, Abdullah Al Saadi, Hussein Sharif, and Mohammed Kazem.
The current exhibition consists of three distinct body of works – a set of large and medium sized canvases and works on paper, seven brightly-colored papier-mâché sculptures, and black and white architectonic works from Ibrahim’s Lines series. The two-dimensional work in the latter series is representative of Ibrahim’s obsessive mark-making process - akin to the lines and marks on cave walls - they have a primordial quality to them. The series was first shown in a well-received retrospective at Sharjah Art Foundation in 2018. Taken as a whole, these works exemplify the artist’s practice particularly his innovative use of materials and his connection to nature.
Installation photography by Sebastian Bach