Artist
Khaled Ben Slimane
Title
Exploration No.2
Year
1988
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
95.2 × 66.2 cm
Signature
Signed in Arabic and dated '1998' (lower left); signed and inscribed in Arabic, signed and titled 'Ben Slimane Khaled Exploration no. 2' (on the reverse)
Courtesy
From the private collection of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Exploration No.2, 1988

Courtesy of the artist and Elmarsa Gallery Tunis/Dubai

● Artist

Khaled Ben Slimane

Khaled Ben Slimane currently lives and works in Sousse, Tunisia. His multi-disciplinary practice includes paintings on paper, canvas and wood as well as ceramic and bronze sculptures. A synthesis of East and West, his work invokes Sufism through graphic repetition of words and phrases in a distinctive style, which is partly inspired by the masters he once met or worked with such as Miro and Tapies. Ben Slimane graduated from the Uscuela Massana of Barcelona in 1977 and Technological Institute of Art in Tunis in 1982. His works have been exhibited alongside works by maestros like Miro, Picasso and Artigas. His works are part of various private and public collections including the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, the Badisches landesmuseum in Karlsruhe and the Museu de Ceramica de Barcelona.

● Patron

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was born in 1949 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He proceeded to become the ruler of Dubai, and the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE in 2006. However, His Highness has been initiating projects aimed at the prosperity of Dubai and its people since his appointment as the Crown Prince of Dubai in 1995.