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Graphic Design: Daniel Kozma

Suad Al-Attar – My Burning City (Triptych) , 2006

Courtesy: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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Suad Al-Attar

Iraq (b.1942)

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Artwork Deep Dive: Suad Al Attar 'A Balancing Act'

Two tall, veiled, women stand together, hauntingly depicted, as one clutches onto a long candle and the other holds her arm, in a balancing act. To the left, the woman in a striped lavender gown holds a basket in one arm and a child above her shoulder, who appears to be sleeping, resting their arms and head on hers. To her right, the woman in green stares ahead, her eyes eerily vacant as she clutches a long candle between the palms of her hands. Below them, a young wide-eyed girl, with short black hair, in a bright orange dotted gown looks straight ahead.

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