Rashid Al Khalifa

PROLOG | PERSÖNLICHES (Interview in englischer Sprache) Rashid Al Khalifa, imagine you would welcome us in your studio or home. Where do we talk together, where do we meet you? If you came to visit me, we would meet in my studio. Mainly what I do in my studio is my oil paintings — I still do and I still love them, I cannot leave it. I used to work with acrylics some time ago, and I do pastels and drawings. I like Watercolour, but you know, the oil is taking over. The metal work, like the aluminium work, has to be done outside the studio. I have helpers to do the welding for me, because aluminium needs welding and I cannot do that. The enamel spray paints are also done in a special place, because it needs to be confined and controlled, and we need to wear masks because the smell is quite strong. And in the studio I also have a small place for some books and some paintings that I did 10 or 20 years ago. Perhaps we are sitting in your favourite place? My… emm, sofa! — Hahaha, my sofa, because I sit there to look at my artworks and I just say: oh, I’ll change this!, alright, I’ll add something to some paintings. Once a painting is signed, I discipline myself not to go back to it. But before signing, I often …

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Titelbild: Rashid Al Khalifa, Photo Oliver Mark