Iraqi painter finds shelter in art amid Baghdad’s violence
Baghdad native Es am Pasha, 29, uses painting to cope with death and destruction. He rose from interpreter and journalist to artist, selling wax-on-LP works and preparing an Ashes To Art exhibit in the United States, while reflecting Iraq’s wars and turmoil.
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Iraqi artist recalls risk to sell art under Saddam
Esam Pasha describes fearing slips of the tongue about Sad dam while contacting foreign buyers. He took risks to sell paintings for about $150 each, enough to live on for months, with some days in the 1990s going without food.
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