Published on the occasion of the series of exhibitions 'Imperfect Chronology: Arab Art from the Modern to the Contemporary - Works from the Barjeel Art Foundation' at Whitechapel Gallery, London, September 2015–January 2017.
'Celebrating the Barjeel Art Foundation's expansive collection, this book maps a genealogy of modern and contemporary Arab art.
Based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, the Barjeel Art Foundation was established to contribute to the development of the evolving art scene in the Arab region by building a prominent, publicly accessible art collection in the UAE. Over time it had grown to become one of the most holistic collections of Arab art, fostering critical dialogue around art practices both in the region and internationally. Coinciding with a year long series of exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, this unique overview features many rarely seen works by artists across the region from North Africa to the Gulf states as well as Western Asia. Spanning a period from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day, this publication tells a striking visual story of artists who challenged notions of tradition, territory, and geography. Featuring more than 60 artists and over 100 works of art, along with essays by leading scholars, curators and artists such as Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Kamal Boullata, Iftikhar Dadi, Omar Kholeif, Edward McDonald-Toone, Rasha Salti, Nada Shabout and Gilane Tawadros.' - from the back cover
Onsite
English
2015
272
9783791354869
1
catalogue
Introduction
- Iwona BLAZWICK
The Arab World: A Sum of Its Parts
- Sultan Sooud AL-QASSEMI
Tracing Routes: Debating Modernism, Mapping the Contemporary
- Omar KHOLEIF
Notes on Verbal Dominance and Visual Expression in Arab Culture
- Kamal BOULLATA
The Exhibition and the Agora: Contemporary Arab Representations (2001–07)
- Edward MCDONALD-TOONE
Collecting Modern Iraqi Art
- Nada SHABOUT
Egypt at the Venice Biennale: 1967 and The Year That Changed Everything
- Gilane TAWADROS
Be Still My Beating Heart Part 1: A fugue in fictional art history
- Rasha SALTI
The Middle East and South Asia: Aesthetic Mobilities
- Iftikhar DADI
Extracts from The Arab Apocalypse
- Etel ADNAN
Imperfect Chronology: Arab Art from the Modern to the Contemporary
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