Rafa Al-Nasiri – Untitled, 2005

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Courtesy of Rafa Al Nasiri Studio, Amman, Jordan

Rafa Al-Nasiri

Iraq (1940–2013)

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Modern Iraq: The New Vision Group

A flurry of art groups blossomed in 20th-century Iraq. Following the formation of the country after the First World War and its independence from the British in 1932, a spirit of liberation rippled through the country: it was the dawn of a new age.