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Arab PresencesModern Art and Decolonisation – Paris 1908-1988

 - Arab Presences
An invitation to rediscover the diversity of 20th-century Arab modernism and to take a fresh look at the history of art scenes still little known in Europe, focusing on the relationship between Arab artists and Paris throughout the last century.
Arab presences. Modern Art and Decolonisation. Paris 1908-1988 is part of a historical rehabilitation project.
By means of a chronological and transnational circuit (from North Africa to West Asia), the book examines Paris' role in the development of modern Arab art, inviting us to explore the places where artists trained, exhibited, exchanged and met. The featured works have been sourced from the reserves of French museums and family archives, as well as from major foundations and museums in the Arab world.
More than one hundred and thirty artists are presented against an historical backdrop of decolonisation divided into four chronological periods (1908-1988), all of whom studied, lived, exhibited or campaigned in Paris, either briefly or over a longer period. Beyond the artistic sphere, they embody a Paris that was both colonial and anticolonial, a cosmopolitan refuge and a place of solidarity.
Arab Presences. Modern Art and Decolonisation. Paris 1908-1988 is the English adaptation of the catalogue for the exhibition Présences arabes. Art moderne et décolonisation. Paris, 1908-1988, held at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris from April 5th to August 25th, 2024.

Featuring Shafic Abboud, Abou Naddara, Hamed Abdalla, Youssef Abdelke, Amal Abdenour, Boubaker Adjali, Etel Adnan, Maliheh Afnan, Mohamed Aksouh, Hala Alabdalla, Farid Aouad, Fatma Arargi, Mohamed Ataallah, Jean-Michel Atlan, Amine El-Bacha, Simone Baltaxé, Michel Basbous, Ala Bashir, Fatma Haddad-Mahieddine (Baya), Souhila Bel Bahar, Farid Belkahia, Nejib Belkhodja, Fouad Bellamine, Mahjoub Benbella, Aly Ben Salem, Abdallah Benanteur, Djamila Bent Mohamed, Samta Benyahia, Maurice Bismouth, Etienne Bouchaud, Pierre Boucherle, Kamal Boullata, Huguette Caland, Nasser Chaura, Ahmed Cherkaoui, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Chaouki Choukini, Collectif Cinémétèque, Inji Efflatoun, André Elbaz, Fouad Elkoury, Errò, Ammar Farhat, Safia Farhat, Djamel Farès, Moustapha Farrouk, Dias Ferhat, André Fougeron, Émile Gaudissard, Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar, Jilali Gharbaoui, Gibrankhalil Gibran, Abdelaziz Gorgi, Abdelkader Guermaz, Abraham Hadad, Marie Hadad, Khadim Haider, Ahmed Hajeri, Jamil Hamoudi, Francis Harburger, Faik Hassan, Mona Hatoum, Adam Henein, Georges Henein, Mohamed Issiakhem, Marwan Kassab Bachi (Marwan), Mahjoub Al-Jaber (Jaber), Abdul Kader El-Janabi, Henri Gustave Jossot, Fouad Kamel, Fêla Kéfi-Leroux, Mohammed Khadda, Rachid Khimoune, Rachid Koraïchi, Georges Koskas, Mohamed Kouaci, Claude Lazar, Ahmed Louardiri, Nja Mahdaoui, Jean De Maisonseul, Azouaou Mammeri, Maria Manton, Denis Martinez, Antoine Malliarakis (Mayo), Hassan Massoudy, Hatem El-Mekki, Mohamed Melehi, Rabah Mellal, Choukri Mesli, Mireille Miaihle, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Fateh Moudarres, Philippe Mourani, Mehdi Moutashar, Laila Muraywid, Nazir Nabaa, Edgar Naccache, Effat Naghi, Mohammed Bey Naghi, Marguerite Nakhla, Rafa Nasiri, Ahmad Nawach, Amy Nimr,Leila Nseir, Mohammed Racim, Omar Racim, Samir Rafi, Aref El-Rayess, Jocelyne Saab, Georges Hanna Sabbagh, Valentine De Saint-Point, Shakir Hassan Al-Said, Mahmoud Saïd, Nadia Saikali, Samir Salameh, Mona Saudi, Jewad Selim, Jean Sénac, Juliana Seraphim, Ibrahim Shadha, Gazbia Sirry, Chaïbia Tallal, Gouider Triki, Yahia Turki, Madiha Umar, Seif Wanly, Nil Yalter, Ramsès Younan, Salah Yousry, Fahrelnissa Zeid, Bibi Zogbé.
Edited by Odille Burluraux, Madeleine de Colnet, Morad Montazami.
Texts by Anne Hidalgo, Fabrice Hergott, Morad Montazami, Odile Burluraux, Gibran Khalil Gibran, Silvia Naef, Michael Goebel, Arthur Debsi, Georges Henein, Clare Davies, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Ahmed Naji, Jean Sénac, Émilie Goudal, Beya Othmani, Etel Adnan, Mathilde Ayoub, Leïla Shahid, Claude Lazar, Jumana al-Yasiri.

Graphic design: Amélie Boutry.
 
2025 (publication expected by 1st quarter)
English edition
22 x 29 cm
264 pages (120 ill.)
 
40.00
 
ISBN : 979-10-93781-03-7
EAN : 9791093781037
 
forthcoming


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