Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim

Untitled

acrylic on canvas

100 by 150. 39 3/8 by 59 in.

Executed in 2024.

Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai

Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim’s intensely experimental and prolific art practice conveys his deep fascination with memory, imagery and ways of seeing and perceiving the environment, coming from both his personal experiences and the kind of innate memory found in our DNA.

Ibrahim selects colours and patterns that infuse his work with a childlike sense of wonder and a view of the world that brims with exuberance. Yet, within this playfulness, a deeper sense of contemplation and reflection emerges. Deeply rooted are his interests in archaeology, psychology. and the reinterpretation of familiar objects. The artist reinvents the way we perceive and engage with our surroundings.

Ibrahim’s works on paper and canvas often incorporate his own indecipherable language. Featuring lines, inscriptions and abstract forms that evoke ancient cave paintings, while they might be devoid of any literal meaning, Ibrahim’s symbols serve to mark time and memory through meditative repetition.