Creativity VS Destruction: Stories of Iraqi Art
Exhibition now on
The occupation of Iraq has seen the displacement of two million externally and two and a half internally. Iraqi culture is also in a state of displacement. The trauma of this experience is evident in the work of Iraqi artists both within and without the country.
Creativity vs Destruction is an exhibition that explores the experiences of five internationally respected Iraqi artists from the 1970s up to the present day. The focal point of the exhibition will be work from Rashad Selim, Waafa Bilal, Sama Alshaibi, Maysaloun Faraj and Henaa Mal-Allah.
The work exhibited will illustrate what is happening to Iraqi culture as a whole and will also show the artists’ individual reactions to their experience as Iraqis. The exhibition will consist in the main part of video and interactive multi media pieces. Also on show will be photography, sculpture and painting. Wall texts will explain the artists’ relationships with Iraq (most are refugees or émigrés now living in Europe and America).
On July the 12th at 6:00 Rashad Selim noted Iraqi artist and activist will close the exhibition with a lecture entitled Creativity vs Destruction: Stories of Iraqi Art.
The exhibition runs from 02/07/09 to 12/07/09 and will be open every day from 12 to 4 at the Roxy Art House, EH8 9SU.