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Exhibition

Unravelling Baghdad: Ala Younis’ new installation Plan (fem.) for a Greater Baghdad at the Delfina Foundation

In the early days of the first Gulf War in 1991, the Iraqi artist and writer Nuha Al Radhi dreamt of a tree sprouting loaves of bread. In another dream, American troops marched down Haifa Street, a newly-restored residential quarter in Baghdad, led by a woman wearing a cape. Haifa Street’s state of the art, futuristic…

Cartoon

‘The Culture of Violence’: March Cartoon

The Baghdad-based cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari’s series on culture and Iraq continues. This month’s theme addresses Iraq’s culture of violence. Toy Shop Practical Life Experience In the cartoon below, a man reads a book entitled The Culture of Violence. In the cartoon below, a parent tells his child “I’ve told you a hundred times not to…

Cartoon

‘Outstanding Contributions to Iraqi Culture’: February Cartoon

The Baghdad-based cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari’s series on culture and Iraq continues. This month’s theme is ‘Outstanding Contributions to Iraqi Culture’. Of the series, the artist has said: I’ve noticed a sad new trend in Iraq’s cultural scene: government and non-governmental organisations decorate and award artists and intellectuals for their creativity in poorly organised propaganda ceremonies.…

Interview

‘It’s like being at school and not understanding the lesson’: Iraqi Artist Mohammed Alani At Galerie d’Apostrof

‘My work involves reduction. I want to make final marks, objects and concept as simple as possible,’ says Mohammed Alani, an Iraqi-born, Brussels-based artist. In the corner of an exhibition room at the Galerie d’Apostrof, Meigem, the tip of a black leather shoe sits on top of a blue chalk stick, which tilts lightly towards…