Ismail Khayat Collection

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The first time I saw Ismail Khayat’s work, it felt like a dream made from the soil, sky, and the sorrows of Kurdistan. Faces emerged from cracked earth; birds hovered between flight and capture; colors bled into one another like memories too urgent to fade. Born in 1944 in the border town of Xaneqîn, Khayat carried the mountains and rivers of his homeland into his canvases; he also carried its wounds. Working over fifty years, we saw him rise with the modern Kurdish art, and spoke of himself as only a witness.
Contributors: Pshtiwan Babakr; Dina Sirwan; Nawa Amin
Kashkul Centre for Arts and Culture at AUIS
Iraq, Sulaimani
Creator
Ismail Khayat
Subject
Kurdistan
Spatial Coverage
Kurdistan
Identifier
AUIS IK
Format
Mixed media

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