Mohammad Omar Khalil: Homeland Under My Nails
20 April 2020
Magazine C& Magazine
2 min read
Mohammad Omar Khalil (b. 1936) is a painter, master printmaker and mentor. Practicing since the 1960s, he is one of the most significant artists of his generation from Sudan and the Arab world. The exhibition Homeland Under My Nails opens with a series of self-portraits and early works. Khalil, now 83, has long experimented with self-portraits …
Mohammad Omar Khalil (b. 1936) is a painter, master printmaker and mentor. Practicing since the 1960s, he is one of the most significant artists of his generation from Sudan and the Arab world. The exhibitionHomeland Under My Nails opens with a series of self-portraits and early works. Khalil, now 83, has long experimented with self-portraits as a means of self-transformation. One of his earliest self-portraits from 1968, at only 2cm by 2cm, challenges the form and medium. Much of the artist’s early work was destroyed in the flood that hit Sudan’s capital in 1988. The few works that survived are displayed here alongside early experimentations from the artist’s time studying at the Academy of Florence, showing the evolution of his style.
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Mohammad Omar Khalil, Homeland Under My Nails, Installation view at The Mosaic Rooms, London. Photo: Andy Stagg
Mohammad Omar Khalil, The Market, 1965. Aquatint, 18 x 23cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Sawakin, 1965. Aquatint, 15×19.5cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, self-portrait, 1975. 45 x 31 cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Self -portrait with a fist, 1999.
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Asilah Connection, 1992. Etching / softground / aquatint / spitbite, 24.5 x 33cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Homeland Under My Nails, Installation view at The Mosaic Rooms, London. Photo: Andy Stagg
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Harlem, 1999. Photo: Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. 5 x prints 94 x 55.5cm each
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Harlem, 1999. Photo: Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. 5 x prints 94 x 55.5cm each
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Asilah. Photo: Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. 49.5 x 35cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Petra VIII, 1997. Photo: Nicola Tree, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms.
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Petra VIII, 1997. Photo: Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. Soft ground / aquatint / spitbite / drypoint, 101cm x 228cm
CommonGroundV (1985-1995) Mohammad Omar Khalil. Photograph by Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. 45.5 x 37.5cm
Common Ground VII (1985-1995) Mohammad Omar Khalil. Photograph by Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. 45.5 x 37.5cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Homeland Under My Nails, Installation view at The Mosaic Rooms, London. Photo: Andy Stagg
Tombstone Blues (1986) Mohammad Omar Khalil. Photograph by Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. Etching / softground / aquatint / spitbite, 91 x 121 cm
Dirge (1986) Mohammad Omar Khalil. Etching / sugarlift / spitbite / aquatint, 100cm x 75.5cm
Mohammad Omar Khalil, Homeland Under My Nails, Installation view at The Mosaic Rooms, London. Photo: Andy Stagg
Echo 2 (1986) Mohammad Omar Khalil. Photograph by Andy Stagg, courtesy The Mosaic Rooms. 106 x 61 cm
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