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Ali Talib | |
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| علي طالب | |
| Born | 1944 Basra, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
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| Known for | Painter, curator |
| Website | Ali Talib Official website |
Ali Talib (born 1944 in Basra) is an Iraqi painter, noted for his abstract works and for curating exhibitions featuring Iraqi artists.
Ali Talib was born in Basra in 1944. [1] He was among the first graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad, gaining a BA in painting in 1966, [2] He returned to Basra for a short period in the 1960s, but ultimately settled in Baghdad, which at the time had a thriving arts scene. Along with artists such as Amer al-Obaidi, Saleh al-Jumai'e, Salman Abbas, Talib Makki, Nida Kadhim and Faik Husein he became part of a group of artists and intellectuals that "defined Iraqi arts" in the 1960s. [3]
He joined the faculty of the Institute of Fine Arts as a lecturer in painting, a position he held throughout the 1970s. [4] He was known to exhibit a "rebellious attitude to what he and his colleagues regarded as a stagnant arts scene." [2] Determined to be part of a change, he became very active in the local arts community through his participation in Iraq's numerous art groups. He was founding member of the Innovationists established in 1965; a group of younger artists that wanted to advance Iraqi art by through the use of new media and new methods. [5] Artists in this group often took war and conflict as their themes. [6] Following the demise of the Innovationists group in 1969, [7] Talib established a new art group, known as the Shadow Group. [8] He was also a member of the New Vision Group, joining it a few years after its formation in 1968. [9]
He studied graphic design at Helwan University in Cairo, where he attained a Master of Arts in 1980. [10] In 1991 he left Iraq for Amman, Jordan where he was employed as a professor of fine arts at Yarmouk University between 1991-1997. He currently divides his time between the Netherlands and Amman, Jordan. [11] In the Netherlands, he has curated exhibitions such as Iraq: Still Going Strong which featured works by Iraqi artists who did not flee the country during the 1990s. [12]
He is the subject of a number of scholarly publications, including: [13]
and;
Talib held his first solo exhibition at Mubarakia Gallery, Kuwait, in 1964, while he was still a student at the Academy. Since then, he has participated in scores of solo exhibitions and group exhibitions, including Gallery d'Art 50x70, Beirut, 1994; De Vrije Academie, The Hague, 2003 and United Nation Humans Settlements Programme, Barcelona, 2004. [14] His work is held in collections including Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha and Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman. [15]
His artwork deals with themes of the human experience and the power of nature. [16] The art historian and art critic, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra commented on Talib's work: "His paintings skillfully tackle an experience insistent with its inner contradictions: evasive and recurrent, leaving its impact each time in certain forms on the canvas-and in our memory." [17]
Select list of paintings
During the 1986 inaugural Baghdad International Arts Festival, he and Shakir Hassan Al Said and Dia Azzawi, were the three Iraqi artists who were awarded prizes. [21] He has been the recipient of two prizes: [20]
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