Opening of the Twelfth Solo Exhibition of Iraqi Artist Mutiea Al-Jumaili
Within the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibda’a), the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Dr. Jawad Hadi Abbas opened on Wednesday August 19th, 2015 the twelfth solo exhibition of Iraqi artist Mutiea Al-Jumaili with the presence of the former Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Saad Al-Hayyani.
The event was also attended by the Iraqi Consul Mr. Abdul Sattar Al—Janabi, the Iraqi Cultural Attaché Dr. Abbas Al-Husseini and a number of the Iraqi Embassy staff in Amman. On IBC part, the opening ceremony was attended by IBC Vice President and Secretary-General Mr. Saad Naji, IBC Vice President Mr. Turkey Al-Qaissi, Board members; Mr. Nazar Awchi, Mr. Muhammad Al-Sarraf, Dr. Fakhri Rishan, Mr. Usama Al-Quraishi and IBC member Mrs. Yada Al-Ubaidi, in addition to a crowd of artists, journalists, IBC guests of the Iraqi community in Jordan, IBC CEO and staff.
During the ceremony, the Iraqi Ambassador toured the exhibition accompanied by the Iraqi artist Mutiea Al-Jumailie to view the exhibited art works.
The artist’s work uniquely focused on the issue of wall, effect and expressionist surface inspiring his shapes and symbols from the ancient Sumerian and Babylonian Civilizations, giving the wall and the time span it covered a priceless value, where children’s innocent writings and people’s memories were integrated, thus the paintings carried the artist’s signature and imprint that exceeded 40 long years rich with experiences and discovery.