Master's thesis research at the College of Fine Arts, University of Basrah, the epidemic and its representations in contemporary Iraqi formation - Corona as a model
The message presented by researcher Daoud Salman Hassan included the concept of epidemics, which are one of the most evils that afflict humanity, as it has taken its share of documentation in all fields of art, including plastic art
The letter discussed the phenomenon of the Corona epidemic as an important pressure in the thought of Iraqi artists, the intellectual and technical dimensions of these representations, and how Iraqi artists were inspired by the social, cultural and economic influences that accompanied the epidemic in their contemporary achievement.
The message aims to shed light on the plastic art and the important role it played in transmitting the suffering that people went through as a result of injury and the subsequent isolation, death and complete cessation, so all this suffering was documented by Iraqi artists, each according to his point of view.
The message concluded that the phenomenon of the epidemic, especially the Corona epidemic, being a direct intellectual pressure, was represented by topics referring to death, lethality and destruction, and the representation of the dramatic side charged with ideas indicating human suffering.