Origins of Palestinian Art

Informationen zum Autor Professor Bashir Makhoul is Rector of Winchester Campus and Head of School at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Klappentext This book provides the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Palestinian art to date while exploring in depth the relationship between art and nationalism in the context of conflict. Zusammenfassung This book provides the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Palestinian art to date while exploring in depth the relationship between art and nationalism in the context of conflict. List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction The Problem of the Beginning 2. The Problem of the Origin The Empty Centre The Wall 3. Origin and Disaster Chaos and the Open Mouth 4. Jerusalem as the Navel and the Blind Spot The City as Hierophany The City as Wiki 5. Inside the Line: Palestinians in Israel 6. Al-Shataat: A Coherence of Dispersion The Shadow of the Map The Cracked Earth Contingency, Tactics and Strategic Essentialism The Artist as Semblant 7. Trailers and Openings Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Hon, Bashir Makhoul, Bashir Hon Makhoul
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2013
• EAN: 9781846319532
• ISBN: 978-1-84631-953-2
• No. of pages: 269
• Series: Value: Art: Politics; Value: Art: Politics; Value Art Politics Lup
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history