 Saddam Hussein's former doctor hasn't practiced in years, but his talents still draw crowds. Ala Bashir, a trained plastic surgeon now living in Britain, slinked around the Corvus Art Center in New Haven, Conn., for a retrospective of his work. More than 100 paintings, etchings and sculptures graced the gallery with price tags ranging from $1,000 to six figures. Bashir wields paintbrushes as deftly as he handled scalpels, and he considers painting his new mission in life. A mission, he says, that includes bearing witness to the atrocities he observed as Saddam's trusted physician for 20 years. "Everything in my work is an echo of events I have seen," Bashir said, describing his latest collection of paintings, entitled "Mask," as human beings' unmistakable need to hide their true selves coupled with their desire for love. The colorful surrealist series with hints of Cubism portrays different characters hiding behind face masks. ...
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