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Her [Mohamedi's] drawings do not shy away from the tasks given to them by drawing itself, no matter how exacting they might be...Her lines must always be aware of being lines, otherwise they would lose their ability to build meaning. Yet she does not banish recognisable shapes from her images. Even her most diagrammatic drawings make some gesture at representation." (Anders Kreuger, "Making the Maximum of the Minimum: A Close Reading of Nasreen... Her [Mohamedi's] drawings do not shy away from the tasks given to them by drawing itself, no matter how exacting they might be...Her lines must always be aware of being lines, otherwise they would lose their ability to build meaning. Yet she does not banish recognisable shapes from her images. Even her most diagrammatic drawings make some gesture at representation." (Anders Kreuger, "Making the Maximum of the Minimum: A Close Reading of Nasreen Mohamedi", Ibid, p66).

In this early work, lines of ochre and blue converge to form a semblance of a figure in this lot. Mood and expression are hinted at, yet remain at the discretion of the viewer. The work hints at a potential of being more than what it is at face value: at the formulation of possibilities and outcomes not yet known, something achieved solely through the play of strokes and colour.

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