Description |
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm. |
Series |
Artworld
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
A collection of essays and art works, showcasing artists from the Middle East, in a collection that defies fixed categories, shifting instead through different artistic registers according to more subtle themes. |
Contents |
Essays: Contemporary art in the Middle East / Nat Muller -- Minding the gap: migration, diaspora, exile and return in women's visual media / Lindsey Moore -- Desire in diaspora / TJ Demos -- The documentary turn: surpassing tradition in the work of Walid Raad and Akram Zaatari / Suzanne Cotter -- Artists: Shirin Aliabadi -- Youssef Nabil -- Osama Esid -- Laila Muraywid -- Khosrow Hassanzadeh -- Afshan Ketabchi -- Shirin Neshat -- Lalla Essaydi -- Annabel Daou -- Nja Mahdaoui -- Monir Farmanfarmaian -- Parviz Tanavoli -- Maliheh Afnan -- Golnaz Fathi -- Neda Dana Haeri -- Ahlam Lemseffer -- Wijdan Ali -- Ghada Amer -- Fereydoun Ave -- Ayad Alkadhi -- Sara Rahbar -- Laila Shawa -- Farhad Moshiri -- Shadi Ghadirian -- Mona Hatoum -- Babak Radboy -- Arwa Abouon -- Barbad Golshiri -- Mounir Fatmi -- Marwan Rechmaoui -- Yto Barrada -- Hassan Darsi -- Afshin Dehkordi -- Hrair Sarkissian -- Yehudit Sasportas -- Dani Karavan -- Lida Abdul -- Hilda Hiary -- Amal Kenawy -- Doa Aly -- Mohammed Al Shammarey -- Fauisal Samra -- Shirana Shahbazi -- Haleh Anvari -- Tarek Al Ghoussein. |
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Appendix: An introduction to orientalism -- Imaginative geography and its representations: Orientalizing the oriental / Edward W Said -- Orientalism: Critical engagements / Zachary Lockman -- Interviews / Negar Azimi, Rose Issa, Andrew Renton, Wijdan Ali, Savita Apte, John Martin, Gerhard Haupt and Pat Binder -- Contributors -- Artists Biographies -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements. |
Subject |
Art, Middle Eastern -- 20th century.
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Art, Middle Eastern -- 21st century.
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Added Author |
Sloman, Paul.
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ISBN |
9781906155568 cased |
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1906155569 cased |
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