Research Catalog

Title

Reflections : contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa / Venetia Porter ; with Charles Tripp and Natasha Morris.

Author

Porter, Venetia

Publication

London : The British Museum Press, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tripp, Charles
• Morris, Natasha
• British Museum, host institution.

Description

256 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Summary

"This book brings together for the first time an extraordinary collection of work from the British Museum. The contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa is rich and vibrant. Whether living in their countries of birth or in diaspora, the featured artists are part of the globalised world of art. Here we see artists responding to and making work about their present, histories, traditions and cultures, reflecting on a part of the world that has experienced extraordinary change in living memory. The British Museum has been acquiring the work of Middle Eastern and North African artists since the 1980s, and the collection principally works on paper is one of the most extensive in the public sphere. Collected within the context of a museum of history, the works offer insights into the nature of civil societies, the complex politics of the region, and cultural traditions in their broadest sense, from the relationship with Islamic art, to the deep engagement with literature. The introduction to the book by curator Venetia Porter explores the history of the collection and the works included. The essential framework for understanding the politics and context within which the artists are working is provided by Charles Tripp's essay. The works are grouped into seven chapters, each beginning with a short introduction. Here the authors explore themes that include figuration, abstraction, faith, politics and displacement."--Front cover flap.

Subject

• British Museum > Exhibitions
• British Museum
• 1900-1999
• Art, Middle Eastern > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art, North African > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art > England > London > Exhibitions
• Art
• Art, Middle Eastern
• Art, North African
• England > London

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "This publication accompanies the exhibition Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa at the British Museum from Feburary to August 2021."-- Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQF 21-160

ISBN

• 9780714111957
• 0714111953

OCLC

1225741573

Author

Porter, Venetia, curator.

Title

Reflections : contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa / Venetia Porter ; with Charles Tripp and Natasha Morris.

Publisher

London : The British Museum Press, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Tripp, Charles, contributor.

Morris, Natasha, contributor.

British Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-160