Monday, October 25, 2004

An Open Letter to an Iraqi Artist by Danny Sillada

an open letter to an Iraqi artist
by danny c. sillada
 
Adel Abidin(September 23, 2004), Published by Platform Magazine, New Dehli, India
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

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.


Installation by Adel Abidin
Photo taken from the website of Adel Abidin. Posted by Hello
 

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