Lot 183: Abdulrahim Sharif (Bahraini, b.1954)

Abdulrahim Sharif (Bahraini, b.1954)
The Jazz Master
signed and dated 'SHARIF 08'(lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 47in. (130 x 120cm.)
Painted in 2008

Abdul Rahim Sharif lived in New York for a while and visited Chicago, where he fell in love with jazz music and jazz musicians.
He thought they had very special characters and features. What impressed him the most in these musicians was how much their music is immense and rich which seems to contradict the very silent character of these same musicians when they are not performing.