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Early Morning Light
Nazar Yahya
| Born in Baghdad in 1963. He began exhibiting in Baghdad in the late 1970s, and earned his B.F.A. at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1986. Nazar says that his paintings reflect his environment, which he finds dominated by the colors of sand, dust, tar, and oxidation. “It is rare to find bright colors in our environment,” he says, “because it is full of dust and sand storms, and everything seems rusted.” His powerful abstract shapes have been inspired by irregular-shaped pieces of metal, and some patterns are inspired by those impressed by tire treads in the hot tar of the roads. “I often feel as if my works should take on the identity of large iron sculptures.” Nazar’s works have been exhibited in the Middle East and internationally. |
