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Feature: Ihsan Al-khateeb

Sun Jul 27, 2008, 2:56 PM

Mood: Relief

Assalamu Alaykum...

First of all, i wanted to say that the last Artist I featured (Hassan Massoudy) is holding an Exhibition in Dubai...thought you might like to go (there are alot of Iraqis in the U.A.E).

It goes from 1st to 31th July 2008, Hunart Gallery, Rashidiya, Dubai, UAE.

For all enquiries: hunarart@emirates.net.ae or 00 971 50 451 88 77

Thats the only info on his website [link] . Yes, only 4 days left! I only found out now -_-

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And second, behold the great artist -

Name: Ihsan Al-khateeb
Born in: Baghdad, 1949

Summary: (Well it's extremely hard to find info on Iraqi artists..but i found a few things).

Ihsan studied in Baghdad, and received his Bachelor of fine arts in 1973. Later he completed Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (2001) & Master of Fine Arts (2003) in the University of Auckland, New Zealand. (anyone see him there? i didn't

).
Throughout his 25 years of experience, Ihsan held many exhibitions and recieved many awards. You can check them all here [link] . I think he now lived in the UAE ..anyway, check out the rest of his drawing on his website [link]
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I will add some of my faves of his art to our gallery.

they're tiny i know..but still worth looking at

enjoy

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Feature: Hassan Massoudy

Tue Apr 29, 2008, 10:07 AM

Sorry for not updating for a looong time ><.

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*Name: Hassan Massoudy

*Place & Date of Birth: Al-Najaf, Iraq - 1944

*Summary of his life: Hassan Massoudy grew up in a traditional Iraqi society, characterised by strong religious beliefs, a high sense of solidarity and a keenness for festive gatherings.
As a youngster, in this town where all images were prohibited, he fulfilled his passion for art by making drawings and calligraphies while investing all his energy to get paper and pigments. In 1961 he left for Baghdad and started working as an apprentice for various calligraphers.The unfolding political events and ensuing dictatorship prevented from his dream of studying art, so he left for France in 1969.
He got to the "Ecole des Beaux-Arts" of Paris where he first worked on figurative painting, and to pay for his studies, he was doing headlines in calligraphy for Arabic magazines. In 1972, Hassan created the show "Arabesque" with the actor Guy Jacquet joined a few years later by the musician Fawzy Al Aiedy. Arabesque was a public performance combining music and poetry together with calligraphies being performed and projected on a large screen. They did many performances across France and Europe over a period of thirteen years. Later he put together on his own, another show focusing on improvisations called "Calligraphie d'ombre et de lumiere" or "calligraphy of light and shade". From the year 2002 Hassan created his own books, which are translated into English, French, Italian, and German.
Creations from Hassan Massoudy are a subtle mix of present and past, oriental and occidental art, tradition and modernity. He perpetuates tradition while braking from it. Over the years he has purified and simplified the lines of his drawing. The words and phrases he draws come from poets and writers from all over the world or sometimes simply from popular wisdom. All his work is strongly inspired by a humanistic interest. The emotion that one may feel looking at his calligraphies comes from the movement of the lines, their lightness, their transparency, the balance between black, white, emptiness and fullness, the concrete and the abstract. From his training as a calligrapher in Iraq, Hassan Massoudy has kept the noble spirit of the craftsman who creates or invents his own tools and prepares his own inks.
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Here are a few of his works (in our gallery):

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reference: [link]
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tell me what you think

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Mood: Hopeless

5 years on, we're still suffering our liberat

Fri Mar 21, 2008, 8:02 AM

Five Years On
BAGHDAD - It's been five years since the so-called occupation, liberation, invasion - and we're not witnessing progress.

Most Iraqis look exhausted - the tension and nervousness apparent on their pale faces. The fear is apparent in their eyes, as well. They anticipate death at any moment, on any corner, because no one knows when a car or roadside bomb might explode.

People thank God when they arrive home safely to enjoy time with their families. But as night falls and darkness prevails, the atmosphere also grows dark. Residents sit in blackness - electricity and water are scarce - to guard their homes. They do not know if a militia will come to kill or kidnap under the protection of the black sky. The shooting heard at night, mostly random, deepens people's fear and acts as a constant reminder that they may be the next victim.

The biggest danger in Baghdad is the break up of families, particularly if parents are from different sects. Families are tired and anxious, and children are paying the price through neglect. Fed up with what is going on outside of their homes, parents cannot deal with stresses at home.

Awful Numbers..
1 million Iraqis and nearly 4,000 U.S. service people killed...
2 million Iraqis living as refugees in other countries...
2.5 million displaced within Iraq...
More than 1 trillion dollars spent

for info in

's journal [link]

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Mood: Suffering

Feature: Hashim Albaghdadi

Journal Entry: Sat Mar 8, 2008, 1:10 PM

Members:

Rules: [link]
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Asalamu Alaikum wa Ra7matullahi wa Baraktuh

Shlonkom 3ainy ?? Shako mako

We are subscribed until 10th march...(1 day away

) so I thought I'll update ...Also everytime I update I'll try to feature an Iraqi artist (not necessarily from dA).

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*Hashim Muhammad Albaghdadi

*Place & Date of Birth: Baghdad, Iraq - 1917

*Summary of his life: Hashim started to learn Arabic calligraphy from an early age, he studied under the guidance of Mulla 'Ali al-Fadli and won a calligraphy Diploma from him in 1943. He continued his studies in Cairo, and obtained a Diploma with honours from the Royal Institute of Calligraphy in 1944. In the same year, he won the Calligraphy Certificate from the calligrapher Sayyid Ibrahim and the calligrapher Muhammad Husni.

In 1946, he returned to Bahgdad (even though he was offered a stay in Egypt), and opened an office. He also published a text book on Al-Riqa' style of calligraphy. In 1950 he visited Turkey, and showed examples of his work to the famous Turkish calligrapher, Musa Azmi, known as Hamid al-Amidi, who awarded him calligraphy Diplomas on two occasions, 1950 and 1952. On the second occasion, al-Amidi declared that Hashim was one of the finest calligraphers in the Islamic world. He said of him, "The art of calligraphy sprang in Dar-As-Salaam (Baghdad) and returns with you to Dar-As-Salaam".

Hashim followed the classical Baghdad style of Yaqut al-Musta'asimi and combined it with the more modern Ottoman school, and he was also known to be amongst the best calligraphers of the Thuluth style.

In 1960, he was appointed Lecturer in Arabic Calligraphy at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. Later, he became the Head of the Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Decoration Department where he stayed until his death in 1973. During this time (1961) he published his collection of calligraphy containing his finest work under the title "The Methods of Arabic Calligraphy". His calligraphic work adorns a number of well-known Mosques in Iraq, including al-Shahid Mosque, Shaikh Abdul Qadir al-Gailani Mosque, Haiderkhana Mosque, Almuradia Mosque, and the Bunia Mosque. He designed Iraqi Bank Notes, and the coins for Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Sudan. Hashim also planned to write a text of the Holy Qu'ran in his own particular style, but he died before completing the project. A collection containing his latest work was republished in Baghdad in 1978.

Reference: [link]

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(p.s. these were taken by

, from a magazine. sorry they're not the best quality

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you can view more of his works at [link]

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So what do you all think of his work?

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Mood: Tired

Update 2

Journal Entry: Sat Mar 1, 2008, 7:47 AM

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*Rules:

* We will not add any work to the group gallery that contains anything inappropriate ie; nudes, sexual images, graphic violence, Shia/Sunni bias, anti Kurd/anyone else bias....etc.

*NO swearing.

* Send us work that related to Iraq only.

*Members: mention our club in your journals.

*whether you're a member or not, DO NOT FAVOURITE any of the deviations in the group gallery, go to the original linked deviation.

*Any questions note us.

(p.s. I'm

....not

...i know i shouldn't have used my dev for the journal layout, but i didn't have any ideas for a new one. I'll change it later).

HOW DO I JOIN ?
Just send us a note with ' JOIN ' in in the subject field, an we'll add you

HOW DO I SUBMIT WORK ?
Send us a note with ' SUBMIT ' in the subject field, with a link to your work, and we'll add it in as soon as we can insh'Allah.

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