Ahmed AlKarkhi is an Iraqi artist who lives in Maryland. He obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Baghdad in 2001. AlKarkhi has held several solo and group exhibitions in the Middle East and around the world.
Music of Passion explores how emotions permeate every aspect of our lives, being intertwined with memory, attention, perception, and decision-making and forming the backdrop to every form of art and literature. The theme “Spaces of Emotions” highlights the importance of emotions in personal relationships and in broader social life, the main places where emotions manifest themselves: among family, friends, and public spaces. Art is not just works of art; it is the soul that knows beauty, that carries music in its soul and the color of the sunset in its handkerchief, that can dance in a blazing world and make the world dance too.
Music of Passion will be on view in the Community Gallery from May 15 – June 15.
