{"product_id":"16144-ahmed-alsoudani","title":"Ahmed Alsoudani","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eSeeking political asylum, Ahmed Alsoudani (*1975 inBaghdad) left\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eIraq\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e for the \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e in 1999. His paintings and drawings reflect the troubled contemporary history of his home country, yet they belong to a long tradition of painting depicting war and atrocity. His work makes reference to paintings done by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European artists as well as Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Georg Grosz, Francis Bacon, and Philip Guston. However, he also draws inspiration from Middle Eastern art, literature, and contemporary poetry, such as the work of Lebanese artist Abbas Baythoon. He received his master's degree in Fine Art (painting) from \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eYale\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e \u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e in 2008. His work will be prominently featured at the upcoming exhibition Caught in the Middle, organized by the Honar Foundation incNew \u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eYork\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, and at Out of Arabia at the Saatchi Gallery in \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/st1:city\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, opening in February 2009. He has an upcoming show at Goff + Rosenthal in \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/st1:state\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e. Alsoudani currently lives and works in\u0026nbsp;\u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eBerlin\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:state\u003e.\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003e\u003cFONT face=\"Times New Roman\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eExhibition schedule: The Saatchi Gallery, \u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, February 5– May 6, 2009\u0026nbsp; Goff + \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eRosenthal\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, \u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/st1:state\u003e \u003c\/st1:place\u003eApril 30–June 13,2009\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003cO:P\u003e\u003c\/O:P\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811867205896,"sku":"9783775723589","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775723589_27dd2c8c-1480-4dbd-95f2-b68da89b2f42.jpg?v=1744038888","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/16144-ahmed-alsoudani","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}