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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 50 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.
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.
Price: $27.95
Pages: 160
Publisher: Saqi Books
Imprint: Saqi Books
Publication Date:
24 September 2019
Trim Size: 7.90 X 9.80 in
ISBN: 9780863566882
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
ART / Middle Eastern, ART / General, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
‘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
Essays
Rose Issa
Art: a weapon of mass-discussion
Georges Corm
Cultural Achievements vs Arab Regimes’ Failures
Michket Krifa
The Wanderland of the Artist Citizen
Etel Adnan
A Tragic Destiny?
Works
Arabicity
Mona Hatoum
Abdul Rahman Katanani
Raeda Saadeh
Amer Shomali
Emily Jacir
Khalil Rabbah
Taysir Batniji
TareK Al-Ghoussein
Sharif Waked
Chant Avedissian
Fathi Hassan
Susan Hefuna
Nabil Boutros
Youssef Nabil
Ayman Baalbaki
Tagreed Darghouth
Katya Traboulsi
Said Baalbaki
Nada Sehnaoui
Rabih Mroue
Walid Raad
Marwan Rechmaoui
Adel Abidin
Mahmoud Obaidi
Ayad AlKhadi
Jananne al-Ani
Khaled Barakeh
Buthayna Ali
Bady Dalloul
Hassan Hajjaj
Batoul S’Himi
Zoulikha Bouabdallah
Kader Attia
Mounir Fatmi
Lalla Essaydi
ManaL Al-Dowayan
Jowhara AlSaud
Abdulnasser Gharem
Ahmed Mater
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Rose Issa
Art: a weapon of mass-discussion
Georges Corm
Cultural Achievements vs Arab Regimes’ Failures
Michket Krifa
The Wanderland of the Artist Citizen
Etel Adnan
A Tragic Destiny?
Works
Arabicity
Mona Hatoum
Abdul Rahman Katanani
Raeda Saadeh
Amer Shomali
Emily Jacir
Khalil Rabbah
Taysir Batniji
TareK Al-Ghoussein
Sharif Waked
Chant Avedissian
Fathi Hassan
Susan Hefuna
Nabil Boutros
Youssef Nabil
Ayman Baalbaki
Tagreed Darghouth
Katya Traboulsi
Said Baalbaki
Nada Sehnaoui
Rabih Mroue
Walid Raad
Marwan Rechmaoui
Adel Abidin
Mahmoud Obaidi
Ayad AlKhadi
Jananne al-Ani
Khaled Barakeh
Buthayna Ali
Bady Dalloul
Hassan Hajjaj
Batoul S’Himi
Zoulikha Bouabdallah
Kader Attia
Mounir Fatmi
Lalla Essaydi
ManaL Al-Dowayan
Jowhara AlSaud
Abdulnasser Gharem
Ahmed Mater
Bibliography
Acknowledgements