Artwork Details
- Artist Rasheed Araeen
- Title Dancing bodies (Hula Hoop Series)
- Date 1959-1961
- Medium Crayon, black and coloured ink on paper
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.
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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
This first major exhibition of the artist's work in the MENASA includes seminal sculptures, early paintings and drawings as well as a new sculpture specially commissioned for Sharjah.