Common Humanity
Artists in Exile: Art as Fabric for Healing
June 7 – 30, 2019
Artists in Exile: Art as Fabric for Healing brings together paintings by six artists whose works respond to a shared experience of exile from their home country of Iraq, each relocated to new countries through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Sorrowful, vibrant, and tender, this exhibition presents the dynamic forms of contemporary Arabic calligraphy, nostalgia through abstract landscapes inspired by childhood vacations in the Iraqi countryside, and striking portraits evoking displacement and impermanence.
This exhibition is presented in partnership with Common Humanity, a non-profit organization based in New York City which seeks to build understanding, respect and friendship with the Middle East and Muslim world, believing that that the road to peace in the Middle East lies in recognizing the humanity of people on all sides of conflict. On June 20, 2019, the world will observe the United Nations’ World Refugee Day. This event honors the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homeland under threat of persecution, conflict, and violence.
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Featured Artists
Ahmad Abdulrazzaq
Khalid Alaani
Amer Ali
Majid Hashem
Omar Odeh
Wadhah Mahdi
