This work by al-Haleem exhibits a dense application of an ornamented aesthetic. The composition resembles an abstracted landscape as the ornamentation takes on a floral form. Coupled with the stylized vegetation are two free-floating mask-like heads…
Again Alhamdawi has utilized the aesthetic of an aged artifact by fading the color palette and wearing the surface. Here the composition is divided into eight vignettes, four large and four small. A woman’s ornamented visage and a cow with calf are…
In this composition, Alhamdawi has compiled a series of pictographic forms into multiple vignettes of various sizes. Zoomorphic forms are coupled with anthropomorphic shapes and simplistic representations are mixed with the more complex. In each…
A central crack bifurcates this composition running parallel to a thick black arrow on the rights side pointing downwards. The color palette is one of cool blues and faded yellows and reds. A series of lingual markings are scattered throughout the…
The entirety of this composition, by Shakir Hassan Al Said, is made up of several black smears jutting into the picture plane from all four sides and a horizontal crack that begins split, then converges only to be split again on the opposite side of…
Here, Shakir Hassan Al Said has created a composition of layered components not contained within a traditional frame. At various points the edges of the components undulate organically with rips and singes; other times the edges form straight lines…
This work, by Shakir Hassan Al Said, is minimalist in its rendering being comprised of a grayish blue and white color scheme with various scattered linear formations. Two fissures occur towards the upper portion of the picture plane with overlapping…
This composition, by Shakir Hassan Al Said, is split diagonally down the center. This jagged fracture in the surface of the picture plane is mimicked in the violent application of material that drips, fades, and smears. Colors are layered haphazardly…
Many of the formal elements present within this composition are indicative of Shakir Hassan Al Said’s abstract representations. Linear scrapings, in various configurations, can be seen throughout the gray background and within the bluish squares…