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Vian Sora at Iraq Museum International
CAPTION:
Vian Sora (Iraqi, born 1976)
Ishtar. 2006 Mixed media on canvas, 43 3/4" x 43 3/8" (110 x 110 cm)
Iraq Museum International (www.baghdadmuseum.org) presents new work by Vian Sora, an Iraqi artist who challenges the forces that separate Mesopotamia yesterday from Iraq today. Lack of reconstruction funding for a cultural infrastructure in Iraq has led to cultural isolation, historical rootlessness, deteriorating community identity, erosion of cultural identity, destruction of human heritage, and lost knowledge. Driven by creative urgency, Iraqi artists such as Sora are developing new strategies to address uncommunicated cultural heritage.
Sora's paintings in this exhibition bridge the ancient and modern Iraq by using a mixture of materials including solids and oils that creates a near-leather texture for engraving and coloring. She creates on canvas a present-day interpretation of the walls of long ago, on which were engraved the historical record of one civilization after another. The solo online exhibition entitled, "Vian Sora: A Woman In Time," goes on view Monday, August 14, 2006.
LOCATION:
Boston, MA USA 02110
FILE DATE:
2006-08-14 12:45:33
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FILE SIZE:
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COMPANY:
Iraq Museum International
CONTACT:
John Simmons
CONTACT PHONE:
617 312-8422
COPYRIGHT HOLDER:
Vian Sora and Iraq Museum International
ORIGINAL IMAGE
2237 x 2250 @ 300 PPI
PHOTOGRAPHER/ARTIST
Vian Sora
BYLINE TITLE
artist
LICENSE:
Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
