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Apr 01, 1935 Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq 89 years old Aries
Muqbil Al Zahawi - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Muqbil Al Zahawi
- Muqbil Al-Zahawi (born 1 April 1935) (Arabic, ???? ???????) is an Iraqi ceramicist.
- His creative and powerful sculptures and reliefs have been exhibited in museums, galleries, international shows, studios, and private residencies throughout the U.S., Western Europe, and the Middle East.
- Al-Zahawi's works derive much inspiration from African Art, select Western artists, and his own background as an Iraqi Muslim. Al-Zahawi was born in Baghdad, Iraq, the son of an Iraqi lawyer from a prominent family of Kurdish origin, Dhafir Al-Zahawi, whose grand-uncle was the progressive Iraqi poet and scholar, Jamil Sidqi Al-Zahawi.
- As a budding artist, Al-Zahawi in the late 1950s began experimenting with a wide variety of artistic mediums eventually selecting ceramic sculptures constructed using the method of coiling.
- His forms have been described as "ancient", "whimsical", "sensual", "aggressive", and "powerful" all achieved through the textures, hollow spaces, earthy hues, and angular shapes that define this body of work. Al-Zahawi lived most of his life outside of his native Iraq, residing in Geneva, Switzerland where he worked with the United Nation's International Telecommunication Union.
- In his later years he lived in Cairo, Egypt and later in California.
- While war, sanctions, and civil strife thwarted his desire to eventually return to Iraq, he was able to portray his pride and love for his heritage through his art.
- Glyn Uzzell an artist and art teacher, as well as long-time mentor of Al-Zahawi, once wrote "It is clear that Zahawi has drawn strength and inspiration from a number of separate entities to forge a single style, uniquely his own."
