arts&culture
Discourse of Silence By SABRA STAFFORD
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he Mistlin Gallery in Modesto is showcasing the works of prominent Iraqi artist Saadi Al Kaabi and his show “Discourse of Silence” through the month of February. Al Kaabi is a world-class artist and his paintings have been in museums and shows from Baghdad and New Delhi to Paris and New York. “Mistlin Gallery is honored to have Saadi Al Kaabi exhibit his art,” said Talal Mouala, a Syrian art critic.. “His works are complex and provocative, portraying images that demonstrate determination, which has distinguished him in the
His works are complex and provocative, portraying images that demonstrate determination, which has distinguished him in the Iraqi studio.
Iraqi studio. He has held on to the values and principles of his own beliefs while suffering aggressions, sieges, plunder and oppression, all of which have threatened his human existence.” Al Kaabi was born in 1937 in Najaf, Iraq. He showed an early aptitude and appreciation for art and began attending the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in the late 1950s, graduating with his
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degree from the Department of Painting in 1960. Through the 1960s, Al Kaabi explored and tested his artistic skills with various styles, techniques and mediums. By the 1970s, he had developed his own signature syle that blended Expressionism, Cubism, and elements rooted in the Iraqi culture and ancient history. “Al Kaabi is able to create attention
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