Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s - Couverture rigide

Takesh, Suheyla; Gumpert, Lynn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3777434280 ISBN 13 : 9783777434285

Editeur : Hirmer Verlag, 2020

Synopsis

Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s traces the emergence and development of abstraction in the Arab World through paintings and sculpture dating from the 1950s through the 1980s. Drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation based in Sharjah, UAE, this book features nearly 80 works by a diverse group of artists.

Taking Shape explores how 20th-century abstraction developed and played out in the Arab World. 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, color, 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hirmer Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3777434280
• ISBN 13: 9783777434285
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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