Interview
“Making do and getting by”: Basra-based painter Hashim Taeeh
Hashim Taeeh (b.1948, Basra) is a painter based in Basra. His cardboard sculptures, in collaboration with the artist Yasseen Wami, were part of Welcome to Iraq, the Iraq Pavilion exhibition at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. The modest material and basic, minimalist style they prefer are entirely at odds with a popular taste in…