"Once you were Sumerian,
Or from Uruk.
Your wide eyes burned away my paper.
Where should I sketch my poetry?
On my chest? Or maybe on rocks?
I engraved my childhood in Kremat,
I hid between the alleys,
I look at women’s eyes;
My heart was young,
And fresh, like an orange.
I don’t know if I had ever loved you…
Or any of the others!
I saw you a thousand times,
I saw you yesterday, and a long while ago.
I saw you take nothing, and steal everything!"
-From Mesopotamia,
The Art of Paul Batou - Exhibitions
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From Baghdad To America
A series of 27 paintings that show the connection of my journey from Baghdad to the United States. The comparison of my cultural roots in Iraq to the history of the United States. This exhibition has ended.
Featured Art: Gulf War, Houses In Baghdad, Invasion, Iraqi Freedom, Native Art, Sumer, The Creation, The Departure, The War, Woman On The Hill.
October 17-19, 2003
Harvest Gallery
938 North Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 546-7823
My Last Thoughts About Iraq
A series of 22 paintings that have been inspired from my poetry sine 1982. It is my reflections starting from my service in the Iraq Iran War, to the UN sanction, and the US invasion. This exhibition has ended.
Featured Art: Beauty of Mesopotamia, Confession, Dreams, Identity, Journey With Ishtar, Love With Ishtar, Tin, War and Cross, Woman in Abaya.
May 2-27, 2006
Infusion Gallery
828 South Main Street.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 683-8827
My Iraq...The Destruction and Aftermath of Mesopotamia
Featuring six paintings that I have chosen to reflect my culture, heritage, and cruel history as an Iraqi Christian and descendand of ancient Mesopotamia.
Featured Art: ALong the Tigris, Basrah, Confession, Folk Dance, Iraqi Love, Journey with Ishtar.
April 13-29, 2007
Harvest Gallery
939 N. Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 546-1000
