The
painting of Saadi al-Kaabi are distinguished by their colures,
themes, techniques, and composition. Al-Kaabi surrounds his figures
by lines to prevent their inter blend with the earth colure
background. His figures may approach the viewer or keep a distance,
which depends on their rprsentation. They may rebel in dependence of
their principles, or escape to the horizon or to this or that corner
to cover up their failure or crime. In Al-Kaabi's paintings pain
binds with joy through a highly artistic and supersensitive
technique, which forms the basis of his works of art. The painter
agony lies in how to separate the earth-colure of his figures from
the very same colure of his backgrounds. At this point the viewer
notices a human state trying to rid itself from certain
characteristics, by stretching arms to the depths of the past and of
the future, towards a lost pace of time, when man exists without
time limits. This is how I feel towards Al-Kaabi painting. They deal
with human states of mind, ornamented by elements of human
civilization and burdened with knowledge. There are realistic works
of art, which are highly sensitive and semi- transparent, separating
joy from sadness. Still, you clearly identify all these feeling in
them. I believe that Al-Kaabi painting will remain matchless in
their characteristic for along time in the modern Iraqi movement.
Dr. Ala'a Hussein Bashir
