Research Catalog

Title

Re-orientations : Europe and Islamic art from 1851 to today / editor, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, Kunsthaus Zürich.

Publication

• Munich : Hirmer, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gianfreda, Sandra
• Radwan, Nadia
• Varela Braga, Ariane, 1978-
• Gerstner, Karl
• Roberts, Mary
• Fellinger, Gwenaëlle
• Stockhausen, Alban von
• Engel, Nadine, 1980-
• Hallett, Jessica
• Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, editor.
• Kunsthaus Zürich, editor, host institution.

Description

310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits; 28 cm

Summary

"A wide variety of works explore the relationship between Islamic art and modernism in Western Europe. The art and architecture of the Islamic world strongly influenced the development of Western modernism. Re-Orientations reflects the diversity of this fascinating cultural exchange by showcasing a rich variety of works from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, including drawings, watercolors, paintings, photographs, ceramics, textiles, videos, installations, and more.During the nineteenth century European collectors caught in Orientalism and 'Islamophilia' began to acquire Islamic art. With the advent of modernism, avant-garde artists and those working in the applied arts sought inspiration in the forms and colors of Islamic art. The catalog, which accompanies a 2023 exhibit at the Kunsthaus Zürich, delves into this historical context and more to examine the relationships between the featured works. Re-Orientations showcases art by Hélène Adant, Anila Quayyum Agha, Marwan Bassiouni, Edmond Bénard, Henriette Browne, Karl Gerstner, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jaʿfar ibn Najaf ʿAli, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Wassily Kandinsky, Gülsün Karamustafa, Bouchra Khalili, Paul Klee, J. & L. Lobmeyr, Henri Matisse, Gabriele Münter, MuhammadʿAli Ashraf, Muhammad Jaʿfar, Muhammad Yusuf, Osman Hamdi Bey, Lotte Reiniger, Charles Claude Rudhardt, and Salah al-Din, as well as historic pieces by unknown artists from Algeria, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan."--

Uniform Title

Re-orientations (Hirmer)

Alternative Title

Europe and Islamic art from 1851 to today

Subject

• Islamic art > Exhibitions
• Art, European > Islamic influences > Exhibitions
• Islamic art > Influence > Exhibitions
• Art, European > Islamic influences
• Islamic art

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published to accompany an exhibition held at Kunsthaus Zürich, March 24 - July 16, 2023.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308).

Contents

Introductory thoughts on the exhibition / Sandra Gianfreda -- Interview with Anila Quayyum Agha / Nadia Radwan -- Decoding ornament through the arts of Islam / Ariane Varela Braga -- The color lines / Karl Gerstner -- Interview with Nevin Aladağ / Nadia Radwan -- The cross-cultural artist-collector: Orientalist painting and collecting in the late nineteenth century / Mary Roberts -- Interview with Gülsün Karamustafa / Nadia Radwan -- Albert Goupil, his oriental salon, and the arts of Islam: Constructing good taste / Gwenaëlle Fellinger -- Henri Moser Charlottenfels: Adventurer, collector, curator / Alban von Stockhausen -- The folkwang as "gateway to the Orient": Karl Ernst Osthaus as a collector of Islamic art / Nadine Engel -- Calouste S. Gulbenkian and his "oriental matters" / Jessica Hallett -- Interview with Baltensperger + Siepert / Nadia Radwan -- "It was mainly the Orient, which gave a very strong and important note." Orientalist applied arts: European ceramics, glass, and furniture in the nineteenth century / Wilko Beckmann -- Fortuny, fascinated by the Arab world / Lucina Llorente -- An approach to Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo's Islamic-inspired clothing / Elvira González Asenjo -- Matisse: Dissolving the Orient / Alix Agret -- A diplomat collector: Jean Pozzi and his Persian art collection / Negar Habibi -- An ambivalent engagement: Wassily Kandinsky and Islamic art / Emily Christensen -- Gabriele Münter's photographs of Tunisia / Emily Christensen -- Re-envisioning the Orient: The changing significance of Paul Klee's Tunisian journey / Sarah McGavran -- Interview with Bouchra Khalili / Nadia Radwan -- Interlocking arabesques: Lotte Reiniger and the translation of the Arabian Nights to film / Katherine Rochester -- Interview with Marwan Bassiouni / Nadia Radwan

Call Number

JQF 23-1281

ISBN

• 9783777441221
• 3777441228

OCLC

1369599531

Title

Re-orientations : Europe and Islamic art from 1851 to today / editor, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, Kunsthaus Zürich.

Publisher

Munich : Hirmer, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308).

Added Author

Gianfreda, Sandra, writer of introduction.

Radwan, Nadia, writer of added commentary.

Varela Braga, Ariane, 1978- writer of added commentary.

Gerstner, Karl, writer of added commentary.

Roberts, Mary, writer of added commentary.

Fellinger, Gwenaëlle, writer of added commentary.

Stockhausen, Alban von, writer of added commentary.

Engel, Nadine, 1980- writer of added commentary.

Hallett, Jessica, writer of added commentary.

Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, editor.

Kunsthaus Zürich, editor, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-1281