Holding an exhibition "Iraqi Women Artists", in celebration of International Women's Day

Baghdad - INA

In celebration of International Women's Day, the Iraqi Artists Association held, today, Saturday, the exhibition "Iraqi Artists."

The association’s president, Qasim Sabti, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), “The exhibition included works in painting, sculpture, and ceramics, and seventy-five female artists participated in it, with one work for each of them,” noting that “the paintings expressed women’s issues and revealed superior feminist creativity.”.

One of the participants, artist Tayseer Kamel Hussein, said in her interview with the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The exhibition is an important opportunity to express feminist creativity,” explaining, “I am participating in a painting titled (Female Worlds), which I completed this year.”.

Artist Firdous Al-Shawk also said: “Women are creative in their artistic works, as well as at work and at home, and their role is essential in drawing beauty and insisting on it in society.”.

Artist Lamia Al-Rawi also explained: “I find myself in my painting “Transgression,” which I participate in the exhibition, as an expression of women’s strength, like a wall that is notched but does not collapse.”.

The artist, Lamia Hussein, participated in the painting “Wall of Memories,” in which she pointed out that “humanly, a woman is like a wall, stable, and if she collapses, everything is destroyed.”.