The Persistence of the Image: Dhākira Hurra in Dia Azzawi’s Drawings on the Massacre of Tel al-Zaatar
Saleem Al-Bahloly
This article examines the memory-image in a set of drawings produced by the Iraqi artist Dia Azzawi on the massacre of the Palestinian refugee camp,...
Six Characters and an Anthropologist: Form and Information in three Works by Hassan Khan
Tammer El-Sheikh
This article presents an interpretation of three works by Cairo-based artist Hassan Khan. The works are “17 and in AUC” (2003), “Conspiracy: Dialogue/Diatribe” (2006/2010) and...
The Plasticity of the Syrian Avant-Garde, 1964–1970
Anneka Lenssen
This article examines Syrian art discourse on either side of the Naksa, the defeat of the Arab forces by Israel in June 1967, particularly transformations...
Flight into Tomorrow: Rethinking Artistic Practice in Estonia During the 1970s (Leonhard Lapin)
Mari Laanemets
This article observes how the new understanding of art which was introduced at the end of the 1960s by pop art influenced groups was pursued...
Introduction to Leonhard Lapin’s “Objective Art”
Andres Kurg
Leonhard Lapin's “Objective Art” was written for “Event Harku '75. Objects, Concepts” – an exhibtion and an accompanying symposium on the premises of the Institute...
Objective Art
Leonhard Lapin
Leonhard Lapin's “Objective Art” was written for “Event Harku '75. Objects, Concepts” – an exhibtion and an accompanying symposium on the premises of the Institute...
Prologue The Impregnated Witness
Walid Sadek
In chapter 10 of the Book of Revelation, St. John of Patmos is made to eat a book he has not read. The witness of...
Arts Writing in 20th-Century Egypt: Methodology, Continuity, and Change
Clare Davies
This article discusses an approach to arts writing rooted in the work of Egypt's earliest art critics and historians, yet associated primarily with the legacy...
Nuns fret not…
Kasper Kovitz
Nun's Fret Not is a photomontage project that tells the story of a nun who, following an epiphany, embarks with her convent on becoming a...
Introduction The Longevity of Rupture: 1967 in Art and its Histories
Anneka Lenssen, Dina Ramadan, Sarah A. Rogers, Nada Shabout
This introductory essay by members of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey provides a quick overview of...
