Khaled Sabsabi: A Self Portrait
It is remarkable that until quite recently few artists from a Middle Eastern, Arab or Muslim background have emerged within the Australian art scene. For some time, the Iran-born Hossein Valamanesh was the only prominent artist from that region. Khaled Sabsabi’s national and, increasingly, international recognition should be seen in the context of a number of other artists, among them the painter Khadim Ali and brothers Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Abdul Abdullah, the latter two born in Australia.