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245	0	0	_aTaking shape : _babstraction from the Arab world 1950s-1980s / _cedited by Suheyla Takesh and Lynn Gumpert ; foreword by Lynn Gumpert essays by Iftikhar Dadi [ and eight others]
260			_aMunich; New York _bHirmer Publishers; Grey Art Gallery, New York University _c2020
300			_a256 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c29 cm.
520			_a"Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s explores the development of abstraction in the Arab world via paintings, sculpture, and works on paper dating from the 1950s through the 1980s. By looking critically at the history and historiography of mid-20th century abstraction, the exhibition considers art from North Africa and West Asia as integral to the discourse on global modernism. At its heart, the project raises a fundamental art historical question: How do we study abstraction across different contexts and what models of analysis do we use? Examining how and why artists investigated the expressive capacities of line, color, and texture, Taking Shape highlights a number of abstract movements that developed in the Middle East, North Africa, and West Asia, as well as the Arab diaspora."--Artsy website (accessed 18/2/20) 9783777434285
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