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Encounters with Islam
Offers an interdisciplinary anthropological study of the Islamic world - exploring art, law, and religion - to challenge existing stereotypes.
Unraveling Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
In the years 1900-1930, American photographer Edward S. Curtis realized his life’s work, the monumental twenty-volume book series The North American Indian (1907-1930). Over the years, this work has been both praised and criticized. In this comprehensive and innovative study, Herman Cohen Stuart corrects a number of persistent misconceptions about the way Curtis, for many the most image-defining and influential photographer of American Indians, has represented the indigenous peoples of North America. The author argues that Curtis was keenly aware of the major changes Native Americans faced in the early 20th century. As is demonstrated by a thorough – both quantitative and qualitative – analysis of both Curtis’s texts and photographic artwork, Curtis was deeply conscious of the fact that by, and even before, the turn of the century, Western influences had already made large inroads into Native American life. This book provides a reappraisal of Curtis's position during this complicated and trying period for Native Americans.
Creativity and Conservatism: An Investigation into the Formation of Saudi Female Artistic Identity
This book investigates the formation of Saudi female artistic identity within the context of religious and social values and customs. It proposes a theory about the uniqueness of this identity in terms of how Saudi female artists push the boundaries of creativity in a conservative culture. The book explores the influence of two main factors: Islamic doctrines and sociocultural norms. It examines how these factors relate to the temporal and spatial limitations placed on artists. From a faith-based perspective, it analyses the ambivalent relationship between some Muslim scholars’ thoughts and the concept of creativity, and how this ambivalence can be overcome. The book also examines the intellectual and cultural factors that have shaped Saudis’ collective mindset about the arts, incorporating significant events in Saudi history and their impact on artistic practice. If you have questions about what factors shape female Saudi artistic identity or how these artists are challenging norms of representation, this book helps uncover the answers.
José Vermeersch
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Mirrors
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The Low Countries
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Imagine, You are Standing Here in Front of Me
Joop van Caldenborgh's 'Caldic collectie' is an extensive collection of modern and contemporary art that belongs to Caldic, a Rotterdam-based chemicals concern. Catalogue, accompanying the exhibition of a selection from this collection in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, contains an essay by Boris Groys in which he examines the influence of collecting practices on art itself and on the aesthetic, ideological and economic strategies that play a role in the art market. Sven Lütticken shares his insights into the relationship between artwork and art market. Joop van Caldenborgh, director and owner of Caldic, sheds light on what has motivated him in gathering together this collection in an interview with gallery owner Brooke Alexander.
The Low Countries
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The Amazing World of M.C. Escher
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh, 27th June - 27th September 2015.
