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Suad Al Atar  2.jpg
Two feminine figures compose the central focus of this dual portrait. Their bodily features are reduced to a mere conglomeration of line and shape as separated color fields insinuate skin and garmenting. The background in which the figures are set is…

Sadik Ahmed 4 1986.jpg
The rendering of the figures in this group portrait is reductive in that the women’s bodies are composed of basic shapes and black outlines. A majority of the women peer outwards towards the viewer even whilst engaged in a task. Although a bit…

Sadik Ahmed 1 1974.jpg
This picturesque composition, by Sadik Ahmed, depicts a quite village set in rolling hills and lush vegetation. Architectural structures dot the background and middle ground; yet, the composition is devoid of human presence. The loose application of…

Mahoud Ahmad 9 1976.jpg
This complex composition by Mahoud Ahmad is centered upon the interaction between two women, standing over their lifeless male counterparts, confronting a beastly figure with lighted candles. The monstrous form is adorned with an array of gun barrels…

Mahoud Ahmad 32 1998.jpg
In this simple composition, a man wearing a non-descript black garment gazes out towards the viewer. The dark features of his face are heightened with deep shadows while the crate in which the man sits conceals the remainder of his body. A vase…

Mahoud Ahmad 12.jpg
In this dream-like work by Mahoud Ahmad a soldier dressed in khaki fatigues lays lifeless in a cavity presumably under the earth. The landscape is made up of sparse trees growing outwards from the cavity with the root systems exposed to the viewer. A…
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