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Rafa Nasiri

Rafa Nasiri (1940 - 2013) was active/lived in Iraq, Bahrain.  Rafa Nasiri is known for Abstract painting.

The late Rafa Al-Nasiri is one of the best-known contemporary Iraqi artists on the international stage.  His work is deeply influenced by the culture of Arabic script, and also by his extensive encounters with artists in China and Europe.

Al-Nasiri co-founded and was a member of important artist groups of that period, including the New Vision group (1969), One Dimension group (1970), and the Graphics Movement.  He is often credited with pioneering the graphic arts in Iraq and was highly influential in encouraging later generations of Iraqi artists to explore the art of printmaking.

Originally drawing on nature as his source of inspiration, his travels in China and later Portugal drew him to more abstract modes of expression, and specifically calligraphy.  It was in 1969 when he first shifted dramatically away from spatial landscape into incorporating Arabic characters in his abstract compositions in an attempt to create a modern painting with a spec   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2324 characters.]  Artist bio

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