Cognitive presence and aesthetic culture in the experience of the artist Mohammed Mehruddin

Abstract

Contemporary Iraqi art has witnessed profound intellectual and aesthetic transformations linked to the change in cognitive systems and the development of cultural and aesthetic discourse among artists. Thus, artwork has become a field for representing philosophical ideas and existential visions through formative structures that go beyond imitation to express the essence of man and his struggle with transformation and renewal. In this context, the experience of the artist Mohammed Mahreddin stands out as a contemporary model of formative awareness with a cognitive presence and aesthetic culture based on a profound critical vision, which was able to reformulate visual and intellectual concepts in artwork. The research includes chapters, the first of which presents the problem and establishes the objectives, importance and limits of the research. The second chapter contains the theoretical framework, which includes three sections: the first, "The Presence of Knowledge and Its Effectiveness in Iraqi Painting." The second section is titled "Value and Aesthetic Culture in the Experience of the Sixties Generation." The third section is titled "The Uniqueness of Mahreddine's Experience and Style." Finally, the third chapter addresses the research community, the research sample, the research methodology, and the sample analysis to arrive at results that achieve the objectives of our research, including:

1. 1. Existential themes are an intellectual and aesthetic foundation through which the artist expresses his philosophical and ideological visions.

2.                 The character within the work provides a semantic dimension that deepens the meaning and reveals the human struggle between matter and spirit, as is evident in works that address transformation and the search for meaning in the contemporary visual experience.