
An exploration of 20th-century abstraction in the Arab world
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Taking Shape
Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s
Taking Shape traces the emergence and development of abstraction in the Arab world through paintings and sculpture dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. Drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah (UAE), this book features nearly ninety works by a diverse group of artists whose creative visions stretch beyond the boundaries of representation.
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Shedding light on a number of abstract movements initiated by artists’ collectives as well as individual practitioners in the region and the Arab diaspora, this book examines how these artists moved away from figuration and naturalistic depictions of reality toward investigations into the expressive capacities of line, colour and texture. Placing the featured artists and their works within larger, cultural and global contexts, Taking Shape contributes to the bourgeoning scholarship on and interest in art from the region.
Artists:
Adam Henein, Jafar Islah, Ibrahim Ismail, Saadi Al Kaabi, Munira Al Kazi, Rachid Koraichi, Hussein Madi, Najat Makki, Mohamed Melehi, Nabil Nahas, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Afaf Zurayk, Wijdan, Malika Agueznay, Ufemia Rizk, Hind Nasser, Seta Manoukian, Ahmad Shibrain, Omar El, Nagdi, Kamal Boullata, Huguette Caland, Chafic Abboud, Maliheh Afnan, Shakir Hassan Al Said, Ezequiel Baroukh, Farid Belkahia, Néjib Belkhodja, Abdallah Benanteur, Mohamed Chebaa, Ahmed Cherkaoui, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Saliba Douaihy, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Jilali Gharbaoui, Mohammed Khadda, Helen Khal, Miloud Labied, Rafa al-Nasiri, Madiha Omar, Samir Rafi, Aref El-Rayess, Mahmoud Sabri, Juliana Seraphim, Hassan Sharif, Hussein Shariffe, Ramses Younan, Menhat Helmy, Jassim Zaini
Artists:
Adam Henein, Jafar Islah, Ibrahim Ismail, Saadi Al Kaabi, Munira Al Kazi, Rachid Koraichi, Hussein Madi, Najat Makki, Mohamed Melehi, Nabil Nahas, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Afaf Zurayk, Wijdan, Malika Agueznay, Ufemia Rizk, Hind Nasser, Seta Manoukian, Ahmad Shibrain, Omar El, Nagdi, Kamal Boullata, Huguette Caland, Chafic Abboud, Maliheh Afnan, Shakir Hassan Al Said, Ezequiel Baroukh, Farid Belkahia, Néjib Belkhodja, Abdallah Benanteur, Mohamed Chebaa, Ahmed Cherkaoui, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Saliba Douaihy, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Jilali Gharbaoui, Mohammed Khadda, Helen Khal, Miloud Labied, Rafa al-Nasiri, Madiha Omar, Samir Rafi, Aref El-Rayess, Mahmoud Sabri, Juliana Seraphim, Hassan Sharif, Hussein Shariffe, Ramses Younan, Menhat Helmy, Jassim Zaini
press commentaries
Taking Shape is no doubt an extraordinary opportunity to see an impressive collection of works, mostly paintings, drawings, and prints, by some of the region’s most prominent artists.
CAA Reviews
The publication aims to show how artists from non-Western regions are vital to the story of Modernism.
The Art Newspaper
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Contributions by I. Dadi, H. Feldman, S. Hassan, A. Lenssen, S. Mikdadi, S. Al Qassemi, N. Shabout, S. Takesh, K. Wilson-Goldie
256 pages, 162 colour illustrations21.6 × 27.9 cm, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-3428-5
Events
New York City
| Grey Art Gallery
Evanston
| The Block Museum
Ithaca
| Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Boston
| McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Ann Arbor
| University of Michigan Museum of Art
Keywords
20th century, arabic art, abstraction
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