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Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir
How do we understand current events in Egypt? Prior to January 25, 2011, when asked about unusual images, sights, or sounds, Cairene responses ranged from a litany of complaints to well-rehearsed, guidebook descriptions of picturesque neighborhoods and magnificent ruins. Occasionally, however, a thoughtful resident would remain silent, leaving visitors and guests to accept the surrounding smiles, shrugs, honking horns, blaring loudspeakers, and strings of expletives as background ambience. Du.
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But we cannot see them: Tracing a UAE art community, 1988-2008
\"But We Cannot See Them,\" an exhibition at the New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, charted the emergence of contemporary Emirati aesthetic language from 1988 to 2008, through the lens of homegrown artists referred to as \"The Five\"-Hassan Sharif, his brother Hussain Sharif, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdullah al-Saadi and Mohammed Kazem. Their cohorts were also featured in the show, including Emirati artist Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Indian artist Vivek Vilasini and Dutch associate Jos Clevers. The show's title suggests that while this community was not underground in the classical sense of the term, it was humble in its origins.The exhibition was not merely a collection of key Emirati artworks; it was a rich historical record. Interviews with the artists and their associates mapped the Emirati art scene's organic development: creators of all strains came together in a time before art galleries and museums dotted the landscape, and made work on their own terms. This groundbreaking body of art was then archived and documented by Abdul-Raheem Sharif, brother of Hassan and Hussain.
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Being and belonging : contemporary women artists from the Islamic world and beyond
\"Showcasing artworks that offer political and poetic commentary on many of today's major global issues, Being and Belonging also features powerful and intimate interviews with 25 women artists from the Islamic world and beyond. Born and living in many different countries, the artists claim space and place as equal commentators on the world we live in today. Whether addressing domestic spaces, political displacement, war, discrimination, or gender and sexuality, these artists invite us to move away from easy and schematic representations of the world. The featured artists include Sama Alshaibi, Shahzia Sikander, Dilyara Kaipova, Lubaina Himid, Manal AlDowayan, Shirin Neshat, Mona Hatoum, and Tayeba Begum Lipi, and the works included in the book range from paintings, drawings, photography, and ceramics to mosaics, textiles, graffiti, animation, and video installations.\"-- Page 4 of cover.
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