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Fatherland

Last updated on Mon 6 May, 2019

Fatherland Fatherland

Commissioner: Ruya Foundation. 
Curators: Tamara Chalabi, Paolo Colombo. 
Exhibitor: Serwan Baran.
Venue: Ca’ del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052

LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2019 

Fatherland is a solo exhibition by Serwan Baran. It explores the relationship between man and his native country through the position of the soldier. Iraqi Kurdish artist Serwan Baran was born in Baghdad in 1968. To date he has experienced over forty years of war in his country. During his time as a soldier and a war artist, Baran was forced to record the ‘glory’ of the Iraqi army and painted the conflict’s casualties for government propaganda purposes. The choice of Fatherland as a title, in contrast with Motherland, is also a commentary on the masculine and paternalistic dimension of the political culture of Iraq as well as of the region. The country is dominated by men, who have inflicted oppressive ideologies and have launched wars. It can also be an examination of the role of the father as a patriarch in this socio-political culture, a fixed figure that continues to dominate in spite of the many attempts to challenge it.

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Documents

Fatherland, Solo exhibition at the Iraq pavilion- Catalogue-Saleh Barakat Gallery
Saleh Barakat Gallery, English

Venice Biennal Statement

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Press

Serwan Baran Will Represent Iraq at the 2019 Venice Biennale
Alex Greenberger
Art News, English, 2019
Art of war: Serwan Baran’s ‘raw, direct’ take on armed combat
Rawaa Talass
Arab News, English, 2019
Iraq Pavilion at Venice Biennale is closed 'in solidarity' with protesters
Rupert Hawksley
The National, English, 2019
Iraqi-Kurdish artist's work documents the legacy of conflict in his homeland
Rima Al Samaraei
Architectural Digest, English, 2019

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