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Venice Conversations: Sadik Kwaish Alfraji and the dialectic of the hunter and prey
Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (b. 1960, Baghdad) is a leading contemporary artist from Iraq’s diaspora living in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.Trained as a painter and printmaker, he also creates animations and artist books. Alfraji has exhibited his work internationally and his work is part of public and private collections including the British Museum, Mathaf: Arab Museum of…
PROJECT
Book: ‘Archaic’
The exhibition ‘Archaic’, the Iraq Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale was accompanied by a catalogue published by Mousse, including texts by Francis Alÿs, Andrea Applebee, Zainab Bahrani, Joumane Chahine, Roger Cook, Ed Kashi, Kalliopi Minioudaki, Venetia Porter, Nada Shabout, Robert Storr and Aneta Szyłak. Please contact the Ruya Foundation for copies: [email protected]
PROJECT
‘Archaic’ the Iraq Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale
A ‘Magnificent Pavilion’ – Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times ‘Excellent’ – Holland Cotter, The New York Times ‘Awash with social conscience’ – The Economist The Ruya Foundation is pleased to present the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale, 13 May – 26 November 2017. The exhibition, ‘Archaic’, shows the work of eight Modern and…