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IRAQ DIALOG WITH AMER ABBAS

Amer Abbas, born in Baghdad who left many years ago and settled in Vienna where he is one of the most interesting art dealers the city offers.

I will show this work with his gallery: Kunstbuero Opening November 19.2003

 

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RAINER GANAHL

IRAQ DIALOG, SADDAM PORTRAIT DEFACED, DAY OF SURRENDER, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM ... , 2003

arabic calligraphy and text: Amer Abbas

translation: What a coincidence! Looters were the first to announce the fall of Saddam.

ceramic tiles, fired, 80 x 100 cm

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Here is the maestro himself: Amer Abbas texting

 

everybody working: me, Amer, Maris and Su Jang. Most paintings were done by Su Jang.

 

 

RAINER GANAHL

IRAQ DIALOG, ROAD TO WAR, WOULD U.S. USE NUKES?, 2003

arabic calligraphy and text: Amer Abbas

translation: The war is a game of bombs, so Baghdad could be the next Hiroshima

ceramic tiles, fired, 80 x 100 cm

(B)

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Amer Abbas working

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preparation drawings (21 x 29 cm)

 

 

RAINER GANAHL

IRAQ DIALOG, WANTED IRAQ'S "WORST OF THE WORST', MISSILES STRIKES SYRIAN BUS ... 2003

arabic calligraphy and text: Amer Abbas

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ceramic tiles, fired, 80 x 100 cm

(A)

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installation drawing

 

RAINER GANAHL

IRAQ DIALOG, AMERICAN STYLE JUSTICE?, OPERATION FREEDOM IRAQ ..., 2003

arabic calligraphy and text: Amer Abbas

translation: Fighter jets open the path to justice, but victims do not count as price of war. The looters have first announced the fall of Sadam. Dammed coincidence!

ceramic tiles, fired, 80 x 100 cm

(D)

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IRAQ DIALOG, AMERICAN STYLE JUSTICE?, OPERATION FREEDOM IRAQ ..., 2003

arabic calligraphy and text: Amer Abbas

translation: Fighter jets open the path to justice, but victims do not count as price of war. The looters have first announced the fall of Sadam. Dammed coincidence!

paper: A4, pall pen

 

 

RAINER GANAHL

IRAQ DIALOG, POWER COVERAGE, LOOTING, WAR IN IRAQ, 2003

arabic calligraphy and text: Amer Abbas

translation: What a coincidence! The looters were the first to announce the fall of Saddam

ceramic tiles, fired, 80 x 100 cm

(C)

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