Multi-City Retrospective Celebrates Sudanese Printmaker Mohammad Omer Khalil at 90
A multi-city retrospective entitled "Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground" highlights the work of 90-year-old Sudanese master printmaker Mohammad Omer Khalil, who resides in New York. The main exhibition, showcasing his 1964 etching "Still life (Cafe Roma)," is on display at the Blackburn Study Center in Manhattan until May 31. Curated by Amina Ahmed and Jenna Hamed, the program features a variety of events, including exhibitions, readings, screenings, and performances at locations like the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn and Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia. Khalil, born in Khartoum in 1936, has a career spanning six decades, influenced by figures such as Bob Dylan and Umm Kulthum, and has only had three solo exhibitions in New York.
Key facts
- Mohammad Omer Khalil is 90 years old.
- The retrospective is titled 'Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground'.
- The anchor exhibition is at Blackburn Study Center in Manhattan through May 31.
- Curators are Amina Ahmed and Jenna Hamed.
- Other venues include Twelve Gates Arts, Arab American National Museum, New York Public Library, and Anthology Film Archives.
- Khalil made his first etching in 1964 in Florence.
- He was born in Khartoum, Sudan in 1936.
- He co-founded the Asilah Printmaking Workshop in 1978.
Entities
Artists
- Mohammad Omer Khalil
- Amina Ahmed
- Jenna Hamed
- Bob Dylan
- Umm Kulthum
- Piero di Cosimo
- Adonis
- Mirene Ghossein
- I.M. Elfadel
- Romare Bearden
- Jim Dine
- Sean Scully
- John Wilson
- Robert Blackburn
- Camille Billops
- Krishna Reddy
- Mavis Pusey
- Emma Amos
- Norman Lewis
- Louise Nevelson
- Tayeb Salih
Institutions
- Blackburn Study Center
- Twelve Gates Arts
- Arab American National Museum
- New York Public Library
- Anthology Film Archives
- School of Fine and Applied Arts
- Academy of Fine Arts
- Asilah Printmaking Workshop
- Hyperallergic
- Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
- Maqām Studio
- Jay Seven Inc
- The Africa Center
- Pratt Institute
- Queens Museum
- The New York Public Library
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Asilah Cultural Moussem
- The New School
- Columbia University
- New York University
- Forbes
Locations
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Florence
- Italy
- Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania
- Dearborn
- Michigan
- Khartoum
- Sudan
- Asilah
- Morocco
- New York
- Brooklyn
- Tangier
- Casablanca
- Europe
- Sahara
- South Sudan
- United States