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Signs, Traces and Calligraphy

Barbican Art Gallery, London

14th Sep – 27th Oct 1995

This exhibition draws together six contemporary artists from six different parts of the African disapora, Osman Waquilla (Sudan), Ahmed Mustafa (Egypt), Ali Omar Ermes (Libya), Rachid Koraichi (Algeria), Nja Mahdaoui (Tunisia) and Mhdi Qotbi (Morocco); each artist uses Islamic calligraphy as a source of creative expression.

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