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Baheega Al-Haleem 1999.jpg
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…

Yaseen Alhamdawi 2.jpg
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…

Yaseen Alhamdawi 1.jpg
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…

Shakir Hassan Al Said 21.jpg
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…

Shakir Hassan Al Said  09.jpg
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…

Shakir Hassan Al Said  12.jpg
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…

Shakir Hassan Al Said  06.jpg
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…

Shakir Hassan Al Said  26.jpg
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…

Shakir Hassan Al Said 17.jpg
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…
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