Sharif began creating his Semi-Systems in the 1980s and these were initially informed by British Constructionism and particularly Kenneth Martin’s notion of ‘Chance and Order’. Sharif invents a set of rules, following this system to create line drawings that transform within a grid and colour studies on paper. Sharif revels in the mistakes and errors that naturally occur in the monotonous creation of the work, believing that “‘Art’ is a result of errors”.
