Representations of strange worlds in Makki Imran's drawings

Abstract

Research Summary

This research examines the representations of strange worlds in the drawings of Makki Imran. It comprises four chapters. The first chapter outlines the research problem, its significance, the need for it, and its objective: to identify the representations of strange worlds in Makki Imran's drawings. The research scope was defined as the period from 2014 to 2024 within Iraq. This chapter also defines the terminology used throughout the work.

The second chapter presents the theoretical framework, which includes two sections. The first section addresses the concept of strangeness and the concept of strange worlds. The second section examines the strange worlds in Makki Imran's works, culminating in the extraction of key indicators from the theoretical framework.

Chapter Three addressed the research procedures, including the research population (25 models), the research sample, the research instrument, the analysis of the research sample, and the research methodology, which relied on the descriptive approach (content analysis) and statistical methods. It concluded with the analysis of three sample models, representing the primary research sample, spanning the years 2014-2024, and encompassing the works of the artist Makki Imran.

Chapter Four presented the research results, conclusions, and recommendations. Among the findings:

1. It is evident that the artist Makki Imran employed a hybrid pictorial composition that blends the familiar and the unfamiliar, resulting in the "strange world" in his works. This is the outcome of a conscious symbolic transformation of existing elements into imaginative forms, as seen in samples (1) and (2).
2. The study revealed that the artist, Makki Imran, employs a modified physical and spatial vocabulary that transcends the boundaries of realistic representation. This reinforces the emergence of worlds with an independent visual logic, based on deconstruction and reconstruction, as seen in sample (3).

Among the conclusions of this study are:

1. That Makki Imran's "strange world" is not merely a formal tendency, but rather an aesthetic strategy aimed at reformulating reality through the gateway of imagination, and providing a space for expressing psychological and social tensions, as seen in the sample.
2. It became clear that the artist relied on deconstructing the structure of traditional form as a means of disrupting familiar patterns of perception, indicating his awareness of the power of distortion and transformation to reveal profound levels of human experience.