TARKIB – Installation Exhibition
TARKIB is an exhibition dedicated to multifaceted installation art works of emerging Iraqi artists. The
show provides a platform for a new generation of artists who acknowledge the aesthetics of conflict, but
are not bound by them. They seek to broaden awareness
of life beyond the brink of war, highlighting immediate concerns across the country using installation
art.
Works presented deal with very individual searches for
identity, whether national or historical, addressing
tradition, beliefs, hopes and other themes connected
to modern life in Iraq.
Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works, mixed-media constructions or assemblages
usually designed for a specific place and for a temporary period of time. TARKIB is a group exhibition by
nine Iraqi artists and brings together a chronology of
sounds, videos, objects, instruments and images that
express the artists overarching ideas and talents, who
still explore their place in contemporary art.
Special thanks to:
TARKIB can perform successfully because of the help of a lot
of friends. To all of them, especially to all the artists in-
volved, my special thanks.
Many thanks to:
Amir Ramzan, Osama Mahdi, Ismail Sada and Ammar Tariq from
the British Council
as well as to Emad Al Sharaa and Ammar Al Shabander, Emad
Alkhafaji, Yahya Al Allaq, Ghada Al Amely, Hikmat Al Baidany,
Amal Ibrahim, Haider Hamzoz, Adnan Hussein, Dhikra Sarsam,
Ali Al Shalah, Karim Wasfi .
Hella Mewis
2