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Third in a series of biographical texts published on the Pioneers in the early 1980s.

In this still life, by Mohamed Ali, there is a mixture between abstraction and representation as clearly delineated objects are contrasted with ambiguous organic shapes. Two desks sit in the middle ground of the composition perpendicular to one…

Many different forms are present in this composition, set within a background of multicolored line scribbles. The outline of a humanoid shape vertically traverses the picture plane while the faded visage of a crowned man occupies the lower left…

In this composition, by Mohamed Ali, three women recline in a carpeted room. They appear to be in conversation with someone just beyond the picture plane as they pause in their activities of eating and smoking. A vase of red and yellow flowers sits…

Three figures occupy the middle ground of the composition. The figures are in various poses: one in profile, one frontal, and the last at a three-quarter pose. The representational forms are rendered just shy of abstraction as basic shapes insinuate…

This composition, by Mohamed Ali, is rendered in various states of abstraction. Three humanoid figures recline on and around a bed frame. Two of the figures are reduced to mere lines that insinuate human form while the third is rendered in more…

In this abstracted work, by Mohamed Ali, there appears to be two figures sitting at a table turned up towards the viewer. Atop this table is a vase of yellow flowers. Beyond these semi-representational figures, the composition of this piece focuses…