Taking shape : abstraction from the Arab world 1950s-1980s / edited by Suheyla Takesh and Lynn Gumpert ; foreword by Lynn Gumpert essays by Iftikhar Dadi [ and eight others].
Published to accompany exhibitions held at Grey Art Gallery, New York University, January 14 - April 4, 2020, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, April 28 - July 26 2020, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, August 22 - December 13, 2020, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, January 25 - June 6 2021, University of Michigan Museum of Art, June 25 - September 19, 2021. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s explores the development of abstraction in the Arab world via paintings, sculpture, and works on paper dating from the 1950s through the 1980s. By looking critically at the history and historiography of mid-20th century abstraction, the exhibition considers art from North Africa and West Asia as integral to the discourse on global modernism. At its heart, the project raises a fundamental art historical question: How do we study abstraction across different contexts and what models of analysis do we use? Examining how and why artists investigated the expressive capacities of line, color, and texture, Taking Shape highlights a number of abstract movements that developed in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia, as well as the Arab diaspora."--Artsy website (accessed 18/2/20).
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