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Furat al Jamil’s Baghdad Night shortlisted for ArtRaker 2014

Baghdad Night, a 3-d animation film by artist and filmmaker Furat al Jamil, has been shortlisted for the second Artraker Awards for art in conflict zones. The short film, co-produced by the Ruya Foundation, premiered in November 2013 at the Dubai International Film Festival, and was then displayed at the Neighbour’s exhibition at Istanbul Modern…

Istanbul Modern: Furat al Jamil and Hayv Kahraman in Conversation

At the opening of Neighbours, a new exhibition at Istanbul Modern, we asked Iraqi artists Furat al Jamil and Hayv Kahraman to talk about experiences that affected their work. FaJ: Where did everything start? How did you come to be painting on wood? HK: My first works were on brown paper. The tone of the…