Paying tribute to an Iraqi master before his legacy disappears
Shakir Hassan al-Said's paintings forever changed the lines of Arab and Islamic art
By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Daily Star staff
Monday, March 21, 2005
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A foreigner in Iraq once asked the groundbreaking artist Shakir Hassan al-Said to name the culture with which he identified most strongly. The question made sense at the time. This was the mid 1960s and Said - who passed away last year and is the subject of an exhibition paying homage to his legacy at Beirut's Agial Gallery in Hamra through April 2 - had just returned from four years of study in France.
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