EMAD DHAHIR
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE
Exhibiting Level One Open Gallery
THE MAIN SOURCES OF INSPIRATION FOR MY SCULPTURAL BODY
OF WORK COMES FROM THE MYTHOLOGY OF MY
OWN CULTURE – THE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA WHICH ARE BLENDED WITH RITUALS OF MY
DAILY LIFE – MY DREAMS AND MY MEMORIES.
I BORROW THE BEAUTY FROM FORMAL AND AESTHETIC
QUALITIES OF OLD ANCIENT SCULPURES AS WELL AS THE LANGUAGES AND FROMS OF MODERN
SCULPTURE SUCH AS THOSE OF GIACOMETTI, TRASFORMING THEM INTO NEW CONTEMPORARY
LANGUAGE AND SPICING THEM WITH AN ‘IRAQI STYLE’.
THIS ‘STYLE’ OFTEN CONTAINS AND INTERPRETS SERIOUS
SUBJECT MATTER IN FORM AND CONTENT WHICH PROVIDE TO MY SCULPTURES DIFFERENT HUMAN
ISTIC AND AESTHETIC QUALITIES.
WHILE FACING THESE HONESTLY MADE SMALL-SIZE
SCULPTURES,THE VIEWER SHOLD COMPREHEND THAT THEY ARE JUST CREATIVE AND PLAYFUL
FOUNDATION FOR BIGGER SCULPTURAL ARTISTIC PROJECTS WAITING TO BE CREATED IN
PUBLIC SPACE.
