Overview
Beautifully produced volume, including over 200 artworks by more than 35 contemporary Arab artists, whose ground-breaking works reflect the pulse of region
`Impressive ... articulated as much by intellectual discipline as gut passion.'' The Morning Star; `Provocative and reflective ... Arabicity is a wonderful collection of visual art which also serves as excellent introduction to the world of modern Arabic art. This book will be a worthwhile addition to anyone''s collection of contemporary visual arts.'' Blogcritics
Arabicity reflects on four decades of the aesthetic, conceptual, and socio-political concerns of contemporary Arab artists. Beautifully produced, it features over 200 artworks by more than 35 Arab artists including Bahia Shehab, Ayman Baalbaki, Hassan Hajjaj, and Raeda Saadeh, who explore their cultural heritage, and themes such as memory, destruction, and conflict, with great warmth, humour and visual poetry. Whether through video art, painting, photography or installation, these artists challenge the confines of their identity, resist stereotyping, and reshape the parameters of their cultural traditions. In their diverse media and subject matter, their works reflect the pulse of the region. In chaos they discover what endures.
- | Author: Juliet Cestar, Rose Issa
- | Publisher: Saqi Books
- | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2019
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780863566882
- | ISBN-10: 086356688X