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Iraq Pavilion Vernissage and Opening Week

Ruya Foundation hosted a reception for the opening of Invisible Beauty, the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale last week. Over 600 people attended, where they met the artists, Salam Atta Sabri, Akam Shex Hadi, Latif al Ani and Rabab Ghazoul, who presented their works for the first time at the Venice Biennale.…
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When peace loses meaning: Pavilion artist Akam Shex Hadi

Akam Shex Hadi (b. 1985) is a photographer from Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. His practice can be understood as staged photography that nevertheless has a strong documentary aspect. Shex Hadi has made a new work for the Pavilion that deals directly with Isis and the fate of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced people. For this…