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Signs of our times : from calligraphy to calligraffiti / edited by Rose Issa ; [text by] Rose Issa, Juliet Cestar, Venetia Porter ; foreward by Hans-Ulrich Obrist.

Title
Signs of our times : from calligraphy to calligraffiti / edited by Rose Issa ; [text by] Rose Issa, Juliet Cestar, Venetia Porter ; foreward by Hans-Ulrich Obrist.
Publication
London : Merrell, in association with Rose Issa Projects, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Issa, Rose
  • Cestar, Juliet
  • Porter, Venetia
Description
319 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
"Signs of Our Times surveys the use of letters or the morphology of words in works by artists from the Arab world and Iran, over the last six decades. This unique book considers the work of more than 40 key artists across three generations, from the early pioneers of the vernacular Letrism movement in the 1950s to artists incorporating the written word in their work today."--Provided by publisher.
Alternative Title
From calligraphy to calligraffiti
Subject
  • Calligraphy, Arabic > Arab countries
  • Calligraphy, Persian > Iran
  • Art > Arab countries
  • Art
  • Calligraphy, Arabic
  • Calligraphy, Persian
  • Arab countries
  • Iran
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-317) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Hans-Ulrich Obrist -- Khatt / Venetia Porter -- The writing of art / Rose Issa -- [I.] Innovation : Siah Armanjani ; Osman Waqialla ; Faramarz Pilaram ; Parviz Tanavoli ; Shaker Hassan Al-Said ; Malihen Afnan ; Ahmed Moustafa ; Mohammad Ehsaey ; Ali Omar Ermes ; Rachid Koraichi ; Nja Mahdaoui ; Etel Adnan ; Samir Sayegh ; Kamal Boullata ; Mehdi Qotbi ; Yahya & Qotbi -- [II.] Exploration : Fathi Hassan ; Hossein Valamanesh ; Shirin Neshat ; Khaled Ben Slimane ; Hassan Massoudy ; Parastou Forouhar ; Farhad Moshiri ; Lalla Essaydi ; Hamid Ajami ; Susan Hefuna ; Taraneh Hemami ; Noureddine Daifallah ; Chant Avedissian ; Ghada Amer -- [III.] Circumnavigation : Mounir Fatmi ; Farhad Ahrarnia ; Ayad Alkadhi ; Bita Ghezelayagh ; Farah Behbehani ; Bahia Shehab ; Golnaz Fathi ; Katayoun Rouhi ; Pouran Jinchi ; Emily Jacir ; Dia Batal ; Zoulikha Bouabdellah ; El Seed -- A cultural and historical timeline / Juliet Cestar.
ISBN
  • 9781858946528
  • 1858946522
OCLC
  • 936533769
  • SCSB-10134743
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library