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Two almost identical horses stand erect at the left of the composition. There forms are somewhat stylized, yet still recognizable in contrast to the setting in which they have been placed. The way in which the landscape is rendered is reminiscent of…

The entirety of this composition is made up of a grid pattern with squares of various shades of blue and black. Within the grid are two arching formations; one opening upward and filled in with patches of red, white, and yellow, the other is…

Malallah has utilized a grid pattern to compose this piece. Atop the strict organization of small squares black paint drips down from the upper portion of the picture plane, smearing when coming into contact with the white lower third of the…

This composition, by Hashim Al-Tawil, is made up of several square vignettes. Each square contains different representations that combine text and image. Groups of figures are rendered in a reductive manner with heads and bodies insinuated with ovals…

This pyramidal composition, by Rafa Al Nasiri, is framed with three tied rows each reducing in size with elevation. This tied system is mimicked within the frame with faint squared outlines. At the apex of the step pyramid is a band of bright red…

Simplistically speaking this composition is made up of three layers that are rendered quite differently. The upper half of the picture plane is dominated by an alternating stratification of black and red that sits within a three-quarter black border.…

In this horizontally oriented composition, by Rafa Al Nasiri, four vignettes are framed with a blue border. Each frame is then further horizontally bifurcated with a series of multicolored lines. Within each segment is a differing organic shape…

This scene, painted by Mahoud Ahmad, centers on a wooden box that resembles a coffin and is covered with an Iraqi flag. Three figures with shadowy faces draped in ambiguous black garments gaze sadly outwards while a bare breasted woman carrying…

In this painterly scene, by Farouk Abdelazeez, a raft filled with goods is propelled down a river by shadowy figures. On the banks of the river are various forms of lush vegetation including a thick forest of palm tress. The river, rendered in loose…

This village scene, by Farouk Abdelazeez, is rendered in a type of stippling, as each form appears to be composed of a series of hatching and dotted marks. The viewer’s perspective is as one traveling down river; across a bend a small village emerges…