Research Catalog

The future of a promise : [contemporary art from the Arab world]

Title
The future of a promise : [contemporary art from the Arab world] / edited by Anthony Downey & Lina Lazaar.
Publication
Tunis, Tunisia : Ibraaz Publishing, 2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library N7265.3 .F88 2011Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Downey, Anthony.
  • Lazaar, Lina.
  • Biennale di Venezia (54th : 2011 : Venice, Italy)
Description
207 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
The Future of a Promise is the catalogue for the largest pan-Arab exhibition of contemporary art at the 54th Venice Biennale, 2011, published by Ibraaz. From Tunisia all the way to Saudi Arabia, this landmark exhibition curated by Lina Lazaar brought together more than 25 recent works and commissions by some of the foremost artists from the Arab world, including, Ziad Antar (Lebanon), Fayçal Baghriche (Algeria), Yto Barrada (France), Taysir Batniji (Palestine), Ayman Yossri Daydban (Palestine), Mounir Fatmi (Morocco), Mona Hatoum (Lebanon) as well as three Abraaj Capital Art Prize Winners, Jananne Al-Ani (Iraq), Kader Attia (France), and Nadia Kaabi-Linke (Tunisia). The Future of a Promise examines how a promise opens up a horizon of future possibilities, be they aesthetic, political, historical, social or critical. With the events currently unfolding in the Middle East, the question of the future and the promise inherent within culture has assumed an even more acute degree of pertinence. The exhibition enquires into the promise of visual culture in an age that has become increasingly disaffected with politics as a means of social engagement. The artists included in The Future of a Promise seek to engage with a singular issue in the Middle East today: who gets to represent the present-day realities and the horizons to which they aspire? The catalogue is edited by Ibraaz's Editor Dr. Anthony Downey and Associate Editor Lina Lazaar and includes essays by the editors, Samir Kassir and Rachida Triki, and an interview with Muslim scholar Mohamed Talbi. Publisher's note.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Subtitle from spine.
  • Published to accompany the exhibition The Future of a Promise, Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia Magazzine del Sale No. 262 Dorsoduro Fondamenta delle Zattere, Venice, 1 June - 30 November, 2011.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198).
Contents
Introduction. The future of a promise / Anthony Downey & Lina Lazaar -- Promising futures / Lina Lazaar -- Being Arab / Samir Kassir -- Revolution and cultural mutation / Rachida Triki -- Beyond the former Middle East / Anthony Downey -- An open letter / Kamel Lazaar -- Interview with Mohamed Talbi / Ibraaz -- Plates -- What do we need to know about the MENA region today? / Ibraaz Platform.
ISBN
  • 9780956914606
  • 0956914608
OCLC
  • ocn752316194
  • 752316194
  • SCSB-1664429
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library