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Artworks
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup:Hassan Sharif: Political Paintings (2008-2009), Alexander Gray Associates, New York (2022)
Hassan Sharif
Raising Hands No. 3, 2009Pencil on paper11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in (29.8 x 21 cm)
14 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/2 in framed (37.5 x 28.6 x 3.8 cm framed)HS453Though widely known for his trailblazing conceptual sculptural composition, Hassan Sharif was trained as a painter at a young age and was first recognized for his figurative images. In some...Though widely known for his trailblazing conceptual sculptural composition, Hassan Sharif was trained as a painter at a young age and was first recognized for his figurative images. In some of his late works on paper, Hassan Sharif repeated the gesture of a raised hand, abstracting the movement until its meanings collapse and run together. In Raising Hands No. 3 (2009), Sharif depicts a figure with a broad, toothy grin and both hands thrown in the air. "My cynical view of life is a result of my practicing painting cartoons to criticize social and political phenomena,” Sharif explained. “My work as a caricaturist honed my sardonic perspective; at the time, I was immersed in the tumult and the ‘culture of revolution’ and the sloganeering that have, for a long time, been used as a stick to keep the Arab people in line, and that have hindered their ability to make any conclusive existential decisions about their collective fate.”
Exhibitions
2022: Hassan Sharif: Political Paintings (2008–2009), Alexander Gray Associates, New York, NY
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