The first comprehensive survey of the artist’s career, spanning 60 years, presents a body of work that has had a profound influence on generations of artists, writers and thinkers. The exhibition is structured across five chapters: Araeen’s early experiments in painting in Karachi in the 1950s and early ’60s; his pioneering minimalist sculptures carried out after his arrival in London in 1964; key pieces from the ’70s and ’80s following his political awakening; his nine panel cruciform works from the ’80s and ’90s; and a selection of his new geometric paintings and wall structures. Find out more about the Rasheed Araeen exhibition from the Van Abbemuseum’s website.
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Golden Calf (1987), Rasheed Araeen. Courtesy the artist and Rossi Rossi, Hong Kong
White Stallion (1991), Rasheed Araeen. Courtesy the Imperial War Museum, London
Sculpture No. 1 (1965–2017), Rasheed Araeen. Courtesy the artist
Paki Bastard (Portrait of an Artist as a Black Person) (1977), Rasheed Araeen. Courtesy the artist
Opus F3 (2014), Rasheed Araeen. Courtesy the artist
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