Download or read book Modernism and Iraq written by Zainab Bahrani and published by Wallach Art Gallery. This book was released on 2009 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The catalogue makes clear, there are several reasons Iraq's modern tradition remains little known abroad. As a corrective the catalogue offers an unprecedented overview of the work of several generations of Iraqi artists, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.