Taking Shape

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