{"id":13795,"date":"2019-04-16T10:31:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T06:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/?p=13795"},"modified":"2019-04-16T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T06:31:12","slug":"1642019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/1642019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The contemporary artists changing the landscape of the Islamic art world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-headline-info\">\n<div class=\"article-content lead-text paddingtop-10\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>A new book explores the impact 87 artists from the Arab world have made in transforming the region&#8217;s art scene<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-image-info marginbottom-20\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cVery few in the art community imagined how over the course of the next two decades, contemporary art from the Asian and Islamic worlds would become such an important \u2013 and even essential \u2013 part of the art world,\u201d opens art writer Olivia Sand\u2019s new book,\u00a0<em>Contemporary Voices from the Asian and Islamic Art Worlds<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She\u2019s referencing the 1990s New York art scene, when finding shows on Islamic art was near impossible, and finding Islamic artists building a contemporary art scene in their respective countries\u00a0even harder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What a turn-around for the books then, that almost 20 years later, Sand would be publishing a book on the\u00a0recent developments of the Asian and Islamic contemporary art world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cToday, like in so many other fields, the art world is no longer limited to two or three western cities. It has truly become more global and geographically balanced than ever before,\u201d says Sand in the introduction to the hefty 800-page tome dedicated to the\u00a0artists who\u00a0are putting these previously overlooked regions on the map.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Evolution of the UAE art scene<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There\u2019s no denying that the cultural landscape in the UAE has developed (and is evolving) at great speed. In the past 10 years alone, Abu Dhabi has seen the opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Modern Art Gallery, N2N Gallery and Abu Dhabi Art Hub; while Dubai has welcomed galleries such as Mottahedan Projects\u00a0and Lawrie Shabibi, and the much-celebrated Art Dubai entered its 13th edition this year. It\u2019s a rapid change from an almost non-existent art scene two decades ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The title\u00a0<em>Contemporary Voices from the Asian and Islamic A<\/em><em>rt W<\/em><em>orlds<\/em>, comes from the idea that the artists give their voice, by themselves talking about their work, thus shedding light on an art domain that remains quite intriguing to the broader audience,\u201d\u00a0Sand tells me,<em>\u00a0<\/em>when asked\u00a0how the concept of the book came about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A native of Switzerland, Sand is one of the first journalists to focus\u00a0on contemporary Islamic and Asian art, perhaps by proxy, as she began to work for the\u00a0<em>Asian Art Newspaper\u00a0<\/em>in the 1990s.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8216;Art remains attached to the economic situation&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A delve into the book reveals frank conversations between the author\u00a0and her chosen artists (of which there are 87 in total) that move past just the work and into the lives and multitudinous backgrounds of each artist. This is a book not just about the contemporary art scene, but the tumultuous foundations it\u2019s being built on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>When your own life or your family is at risk, you do not really think about art,\u201d Iraqi artist Ahmed Alsoudani tells Sand in an\u00a0interview\u00a0in the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cArt always remains attached to the economic situation,\u201d he says of his native region and how a nation\u2019s \u00adinstability might well put a pause on a country\u2019s artistic output or the development of its art scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He is just one of a number of artists featured in the book, which\u00a0has built on themes and addressed issues being faced in their respective countries. \u201cThis active implication by artists through their work is extremely relevant as they present extensive knowledge of the situation at home,\u201d Sand says, also referencing the likes of Shirin Neshat and Lalla Essaydi, who\u00a0focus on the problems faced by women in the Arab world; Walid Raad, whose theme is often the consequences of war; and Newsha Tavakolian, who provides a glimpse into a city\u2019s daily life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sand also shines a light on the interesting techniques and methods that are so synonymous with traditional art in the Islamic world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She maintains that\u00a0artists in these regions are drawing from what has gone before to create a new and contemporary mode of interpretation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cKnowledge, ideas and influences are now tied into one another more than ever before,\u201d says Sand, giving calligraphy as an example of an ancient Islamic art practice that has now been taken, adapted with new media, materials and the artist\u2019s imagination to give an alternative perspective on what might otherwise be seen as an ancient and outdated practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBoth\u00a0the Asian and Islamic art worlds had a tradition of fine arts spanning over centuries, and it seemed only a matter of time before these traditions were further revisited by contemporary artists,\u201d says Sand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt is not just the output that has undergone great changes, but also the artists themselves who are now fully aware of the possibilities made available to them,\u201d says Sand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As for the nations supporting this\u00a0contemporary art community, Sand says\u00a0Iran\u00a0supports its\u00a0artists well. Meanwhile, the UAE is the place to look for a dynamic gallery and museum art scene, opening the work of its artists\u00a0beyond its borders and also serving as platforms to artists from neighbouring countries. \u201cThe UAE possesses the necessary infrastructure and a realm of possibilities for artists to practise their art,\u201d she concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">www.thenational.ae<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new book explores the impact 87 artists from the Arab world have made in transforming the region&#8217;s art scene \u201cVery few in the art community imagined how over the course of the next two decades, contemporary art from the Asian and Islamic worlds would become such an important \u2013 and even essential \u2013 part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div><div  class='the_champ_sharing_container the_champ_horizontal_sharing' 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