In collaboration with Sharjah Art Foundation and Malmö Konsthall (Sweden), KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, is presenting the first retrospective of Emirati artist Hassan Sharif (1951 – 2016) in Europe (Feb. 29 – May 3), titled I Am The Single Work Artist.
Hailed as one of the most important Middle Eastern artists of the twentieth century, Sharif became a groundbreaking pioneer in conceptual art by reconsidering the conventional understanding of time, space, form, and social interaction.
He lived and worked in Dubai and was one of the first artists to break with the classical conventions of art production in the Arab world and reinvented them with an innovative, experimental approach that continues to resonate among subsequent generations.
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