The book explores how artists in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates forged modern visual languages rooted in their cultural and environmental contexts. Through five main themes - cultural heritage, maritime life, resilience, abstraction, and material experimentation - the publication reconsiders the foundations of Gulf art, highlighting creativity, continuity, and a shared regional identity.
Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Misk Art Institute, Prince Faisal bin Fahd Arts Hall, Riyadh, in 2025.
Featuring Rasheed Abdulrahman,
Sami Mohammed,
Samiah Ahmad Al-Sayid Omar Asem,
Saud Alqahtani,
Saif Al Amri,
Saleh Khattab,
Saleh Alnegedan,
Safeya Binzagr,
Sabiha Bishara,
Dia Aziz Dia,
Arab Jawa,
Hussain Alsunni,
Hussain Sharif,
Hussain Obaid,
Khaled Alsowianea,
Khalid Alabdan,
Khaleel Hassan Khaleel,
Khalifa Qattan,
Khazaal Al-Qaffas,
Rabha Mahmoud,
Rashid Al Khalifa,
Rashid Al Oraifi,
Bakr Sheikhoun,
Balqees Fakhro,
Thuraya Al-Baqsami,
Jassim Zaini,
Jassem Bu Hamad,
Jafar Islah,
Hassan Almulla,
Hassan Sharif,
Hassan Meer,
Ibrahim Ismail,
Ibrahim Bugis,
Ibrahim AlNughaythir,
Ahmed Al Adawi,
Ahmed Almaghlouth,
Ahmed Baqer,
Anwar Sonya,
Ayoub Hussein,
Ayub Molneg Baluchi,
Najat Makki,
Nabila Albassam,
Wafa Alhamad,
Yousef Ahmad,
Yousif Qassim,
Mohammed Alsaleem,
Mohammed Siam,
Mohammed Kazem,
Mohamed Yousif,
Maryam Alhammadi,
Maryam Alzadjali,
Munira Al Kazi,
Mounirah Mosly,
Mona S. AlMunajjed,
Nasser Almousa,
Nasser Al-Yousif,
Abdulkarim Albosta,
Abdulkarim Al Orrayed,
Obaid Suroor,
Othman Alkhuzaim,
Adnan Al Ahmed,
Issa Saqer,
Ali Hassan,
Ali Altokhais,
Faisal Samra,
Fouad Mugharbel,
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim,
Abbas Al Mahroos,
Abdulraheem Salim,
Abdulrasoul Salman,
Abdulqader Alrais,
Abdullah Alshaikh,
Abdullah Al Qassar,
Abdullah Hammas,
Abdullah Al-Muharraqi,
Abduljabbar Alyahya,
Abdulraman Alsoliman,
Abdulhalim Radwi.
