Dia Azzawi, (Iraq, born 1939)

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia
bronze sculpture
signed "AZ", dated and numbered, sculpted in 1979 and casted in 2009, number 2 from an edition of 8
Height: 62cm

"As a young man studying archaeology, I encountered the ancient art of the Middle East - Sumerian sculptures, Assyrian reliefs and others - all of which heavily influenced my work and continue to do so today." - Dia Azzawi

Provenance:
Property from a private collection, Paris

Azzawi's abiding love and respect for the visual legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia shines through in this important sculpture, which exhibits the ancient motif's and inimitable style of the 'New Vision' school of painting he founded 1969.

Azzawi typically incorporates structures and visual symbolism harking back millennia in his works, which are evident here in the forms depicted in this composition, which recall ancient Mesopotamian bass-reliefs and their mythological imagery