an open letter to an Iraqi artist
by danny c. sillada
Installation by Adel Abidin. Photo taken from the website of Adel Abidin. Posted by Hello
Your assemblage art asserts its cultural identity in the midst of your
belligerent society. It touches the inner murmurings of human soul, a delicate song
of nocturnal bird in the middle of a stormy desert.
by Adel Abidin, mixed media on metal, wood & gypsum, 2002
Photo taken from the website of Ade Abidin. Posted by Hello
I highly admire you for going beyond the troubling condition of your
land. The sublimity of your art transcends beyond space and time, avowing its
own Truth and Beauty rather than glorifying your Islamic faith or
sentimentalizing the religio-political struggle of your country.
by Adel Abidin, mixed media on canvas, 2001
Photo taken from the website of Adel Abidin.Posted by Hello
As contemporary Asian artists, we may not earn much from our works or
command higher price in the world art market. Yet, we continue to fashion our
art because our society is there as our legitimate reason to create what is the
truth, the good, and the beautiful despite the convulsions of our society.
by Adel Abedin, mixed media on canvas, 2001
reflected truth by Adel Abidin
seconds after creation
Photo taken from the website of Adel Abidin. Posted by Hello
reflected truth by Adel Abidin
Photo taken from the website of Adel Abidin. Posted by Hello
seconds after creation
by Adel Abidin, mixed media on wood, 2002
Photo tahen from the website of Adel Abidin.Posted by Hello
In war or in famine, we sought refuge in our art and our art sought refuge in us, and that what makes us, Asian artists, different from the rests of the world.
Photo tahen from the website of Adel Abidin.Posted by HelloIn war or in famine, we sought refuge in our art and our art sought refuge in us, and that what makes us, Asian artists, different from the rests of the world.
