This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Invisible Beauty' at the Iraq Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale from May to November 2015.

'“Invisible Beauty,” the title of this book and of the Iraqi Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, refers both to the unusual or unexpected subjects in the featured works and to the inevitable invisibility of Iraqi artists on the international stage. The endlessly interpretable title is intended to reveal different ways of approaching art generated by a country that has been subjected to war, genocide and, in the last year, the rise of Isis. The systematic demolition of the cultural heritage of Iraq by Isis has made it more important than ever to focus on artists continuing to work in Iraq. The Pavilion will provide a platform to make these artists visible. The five artists featured in the exhibition and in this volume are the photographers Latif Al Ani and Akam Shex Hadi, the visual artist Rabab Ghazoul, the ceramicist Salam Atta Sabri and the painter Haider Jabbar. A rich compilation of texts accompanies by Iraqi authors the artists’ sections, addressing the wider notion of “invisible beauty” and its ramifications: an essay on the cylinder seals of Iraq by Lamia Al-Gailani; “My Lost Hen,” a story by poet and writer Fares Haram; “The Infidel Woman,” a short tale by novelist Ali Bader; Sherko Bekas’s poem “During the Great Raid”; and “The Sign,” a play by Atyaf Rasheed.' - from the publisher's website
Alternative title

The Iraq Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia

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Onsite

Location code
EX.ITA.INB
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2015

No of pages

200

ISBN / ISSN

9788867491261

No of copies

1

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

Letter: To Tamara Chalabi - Philippe VAN CAUTEREN

Invisible Beauty: The Cylinder Seals of Iraq - Lamia Al-Gailani WERR

Salam Atta Sabri's Letter from Baghdad - Philippe VAN CAUTEREN

My Lost Hen: A Testament to the Unseen Beauty in Today's Iraq - Fares HARAM

On Akam Shex Hady's Photographs - Seamus KEALY

Rabab Ghazoul/It's a Long Way Back (Chilcot/Part I) - Karen MACKINNON

The Infidel Woman - Ali BADER

Darkness of the Soul/The View of Humankind Smashed on Tender Hope in Haider Jabbar's Drawings/A Salute from a Safe Distance... - Luk LAMBRECHT

During the Great Raid - Sherko BEKAS

The Sign - Atyaf RASHEED

Latif Al Ani Interview by Tamara Chalabi

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