Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the Present

by Fran Lloyd

Overview

This important and timely book offers the unique opportunity to look at contemporary art enriched by a multicultural experience and framed by a shared Arab identity. The work of 18 Arab women artists from around the world is collected together for the first time, challenging western stereotyping of the women's role in Arab society to brilliantly illustrate how women experience and question their lives as integral to the Arab diaspora.

In Contemporary Arab Women's Art, curators and scholars focus our attention on women working in an international arena as yet little known to the average art observer. By engaging us in a cross-cultural dialogue we not only grasp the diversity of the Arab experi-ence today but also the fresh perspective that each artist brings to key issues in contemporary art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860645990
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/31/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Fran Lloyd is Head of the School of Art and Design History at Kingston University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements—Fran Lloyd and Siumee H. Keelan
• Preface—Fran Lloyd
• Cross-Cultural Dialogues: Identities, Contexts, and Meanings—Fran Lloyd
• Ensuring Visibility: Art, History, and Patronage—Siumee H. Keelan
• Bodies in Representation: Contemporary Arab Women's Art—Tina Sherwell
• Elements of Empowerment: Support Systems in Art Practice—Salwa Nashashibi
• Diverse Bodies of Experience: 18 Contemporary Arab Artists—Artists & Audience
• Artists' Biographies
• Artists' Bibliographies