It is the first cry after birth
ALA BASHIRIt is the first cry after birth
ALA BASHIRI think we need a huge dose of love.
ALA BASHIRI have to display what I have seen to people.
ALA BASHIRWe don’t usually see light traveling in darkness of space because we only can see its reflection on substance.
ALA BASHIREarly on in my life I comprehended that death is the most tragic event in our life.
ALA BASHIRArt should stimulate.
ALA BASHIRI discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.
ALA BASHIRDarkness is where we begin and where we end.
ALA BASHIRCursed in earth and subdued by death, man found himself beset by time, and his instincts put to the test.
ALA BASHIROnly then, he realized that with love he could survive, and that for a certain purpose he would toil.
ALA BASHIREveryday hundreds of people came to the hospital… dying, and I have to introduce life into them again… my duty was to compete with death.
ALA BASHIRSince then [1958 Coup in Iraq], reality started to take another form in my mind. Hence, I was aware of deception of our senses.
ALA BASHIRLife is the journey between darkness of the womb and darkness of the grave.
ALA BASHIREvents of early Monday July 14, 1958 [Coup in Iraq] had convinced me that hate is the most destructive force in our life.
ALA BASHIRFor those whom my love can not immune from death, are dedicated these paintings, in the hope they may express in drawing the reality of a resonant mind.
ALA BASHIRThe truth is far beyond what we can see. Therefore my art is an invitation to comprehend this fact.
ALA BASHIR