{"id":22149,"date":"2017-09-26T11:44:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T07:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uat.artdubai.ae\/?page_id=22149"},"modified":"2021-09-13T16:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:29:25","slug":"portraits-dia-azzawi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uat.artdubai.ae\/portraits-dia-azzawi\/","title":{"rendered":"DIA AL-AZZAWI"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row row_type=”2″ blox_class=”page_content page_content_head” blox_bgcolor=”#ffffff”][vc_column]

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[vc_column_text]Dia al-Azzawi
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[vc_column_text]Recognized as one of the pioneers of modern Arab art, the London-based, Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi\u2019s body of work spans over forty years. Born in 1939, in Baghdad, Iraq, al-Azzawi’s art draws inspiration from his homeland, and covers a range of subjects executed in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, and book art.[\/vc_column_text]
[vc_column_text]al-Azzawi started his artistic career in 1964, after graduating from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad and completing a degree in archaeology from Baghdad University in 1962; his studies of ancient civilizations and Iraqi heritage have had a profound impact and continued impact on his art.<\/p>\n

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The Art Dubai Portraits are produced in collaboration with Forward James Filmmakers.[\/vc_column_text]


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