Contemporary Art from the Levant : The Majida Mouasher Collection by Luit Mols read online ebook PDF, EPUB, DJV
9789053308776 English 9053308776 Majida Mouasher owned an art gallery called 4 Walls, in Amman, Jordan between 2000 and 2006. During that time she worked with more than ninety artists, 45 of whom form the nucleus of her beautiful and important private collection comprised of contemporary art from the Middle East in general and the Levant in particular, spanning over sixty years of superb quality art.In Jordan at the time there were mostly foundations or institutions, and only very few contemporary art galleries. The artists depended mostly upon their own personal efforts and contacts in order to promote themselves. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public that wanted to see contemporary art and get to know the artists.The aim of 4 Walls was to promote the artists by exhibiting and helping sell their works. During that period, Majida Mouasher bought consistently work from these artists. What makes this collection so special, is that even though it is concentrated on the Levant, it is very diverse. The artists in the collection have deep cultural roots from whatever the origin of their inspiration is; be it China, Russia, the West or their country of origin. Though many of them are now living in the diaspora, they all share in common an honest reaction to their environment, their cultural and social or historical backgrounds, their ethnic origins or political upheavals.Due to the wars and upheavals in the Middle East, people are moving across countries and to the shorelines of Europe, bringing with them new and different cultural ways. Now that the Middle East is so much in the spotlight, there is an urgency to show its contemporary art to the Western public. Art can bypass conflicts and bring more and better understanding between cultures., Majida Mouasher was the owner of the 4 Walls Art gallery in Amman, Jordan between2000 and 2006. During that time, she worked with more than ninety artists, forty-fourof whom form the nucleus of her stunning and vital private collection comprised ofmodern and contemporary Arab art from the Middle East in general and the Levant inparticular, and spanning over sixty years of outstanding quality art.At the time, there were very few contemporary galleries to be found in Jordan andartists were largely dependent on their own personal efforts and contacts to promotetheir work. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public demanding tosee contemporary art and get to know the artists. The aim of 4 Walls was to promotethe artists by exhibiting their works and helping to sell them. Throughout that period,Majida Mouasher consistently bought work from these artists.What makes this collection so unique is its astonishing diversity, despite the fact thatthe Levant is so heavily represented. The artists all have deep cultural roots in whateverthe source of their inspiration might be, whether that is China, Russia, the West, ortheir own country of origin. Though many of them are now living in the diaspora, theyall have in common an honest reaction to their environment, their cultural and socialor historical backgrounds, their ethnic origins or political upheavals.The wars and instabilities in the Middle East have forced people to move across continents and to the shorelines of Europe, bringing with them new and different culturalways. Now that the Middle East is so much in the spotlight, an urgency exists to showits contemporary art to the Western public. Art is able to bypass conflicts, to enhanceand promote understanding between cultures., We need art more than ever before. We live in a time when we try to deal with our problems and try to describe our world through words, figures and logic. But to understand humans and to look at the bigger shifts the tectonic plate shifts in the human condition, so to speak we need to rise above, or go below, the 24/7 news cycle, and we need art to give us a different language to understand the human condition. Kasper Holten, Director of Opera, Royal Opera House, London Majida Mouasher owned an art gallery called 4 Walls, in Amman, Jordan between 2000 and 2006. During that time she worked with more than ninety artists, 45 of whom form the nucleus of her beautiful and important private collection comprised of contemporary art from the Middle East in general and the Levant in particular, spanning over sixty years of superb quality art. In Jordan at the time there were mostly foundations or institutions, and only very few contemporary art galleries. The artists depended mostly upon their own personal efforts and contacts in order to promote themselves. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public that wanted to see contemporary art and get to know the artists. The aim of 4 Walls was to promote the artists by exhibiting and helping sell their works. During that period, Majida Mouasher bought consistently work from these artists. What makes this collection so special, is that even though it is concentrated on the Levant, it is very diverse. The artists in the collection have deep cultural roots from whatever the origin of their inspiration is; be it China, Russia, the West or their country of origin. Though many of them are now living in the diaspora, they all share in common an honest reaction to their environment, their cultural and social or historical backgrounds, their ethnic origins or political upheavals. Due to the wars and upheavals in the Middle East, people are moving across countries and to the shorelines of Europe, bringing with them new and different cultural ways. Now that the Middle East is so much in the spotlight, there is an urgency to show its contemporary art to the Western public. Art can bypass conflicts and bring more and better understanding between cultures. The artists in the collection and presented in this book are: Chafik Abboud Nawal Abdallah Adonis Nasr Abdul Aziz Saadi Al Kaabi Nuha Al Radi Shaker Hassan Al Said Rajwa Ali Hani Alqam Clara Amado Mohammad Al-Ameri Jamal Ashour Dia Azzawi Khaled Barakeh Kamal Boullata Diana Chamounky Hiram Charib Ghada Dahdaleh Dodi Muhanna Durra Ismail Fattah Ghassan Ghaeb Riham Ghassib Samia Halaby Himat Farouk Kaspaulis Ammar Khammash Khalid Khreis Sadik Kwaish Alfraji Halim Mahdi Fouad Mimi Mohammad Nasrallah Rafa Nassiri Joman Nimri Said Nusseibih Mahmoud Obaidi Karim Rissan Khalil Ryyan Nabil Shehadeh Rula Shukairy Samer Tabbaa Mahmoud Taha Madiha Omar Samer Ussama (Samer Hatam) Wijdan Nazar Yahya The book will contain in-depth texts from: Luit Mols Ph.D., owner of Sabiel Research, Curating, Education and Consultancy in Islamic Art; Nada M. Shabout Ph.D., Professor of Art History at the University of North Texas and President and cofounding board member of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, Turkey (AMCA); H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi Ph.D., President of the Royal Society of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan."
9789053308776 English 9053308776 Majida Mouasher owned an art gallery called 4 Walls, in Amman, Jordan between 2000 and 2006. During that time she worked with more than ninety artists, 45 of whom form the nucleus of her beautiful and important private collection comprised of contemporary art from the Middle East in general and the Levant in particular, spanning over sixty years of superb quality art.In Jordan at the time there were mostly foundations or institutions, and only very few contemporary art galleries. The artists depended mostly upon their own personal efforts and contacts in order to promote themselves. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public that wanted to see contemporary art and get to know the artists.The aim of 4 Walls was to promote the artists by exhibiting and helping sell their works. During that period, Majida Mouasher bought consistently work from these artists. What makes this collection so special, is that even though it is concentrated on the Levant, it is very diverse. The artists in the collection have deep cultural roots from whatever the origin of their inspiration is; be it China, Russia, the West or their country of origin. Though many of them are now living in the diaspora, they all share in common an honest reaction to their environment, their cultural and social or historical backgrounds, their ethnic origins or political upheavals.Due to the wars and upheavals in the Middle East, people are moving across countries and to the shorelines of Europe, bringing with them new and different cultural ways. Now that the Middle East is so much in the spotlight, there is an urgency to show its contemporary art to the Western public. Art can bypass conflicts and bring more and better understanding between cultures., Majida Mouasher was the owner of the 4 Walls Art gallery in Amman, Jordan between2000 and 2006. During that time, she worked with more than ninety artists, forty-fourof whom form the nucleus of her stunning and vital private collection comprised ofmodern and contemporary Arab art from the Middle East in general and the Levant inparticular, and spanning over sixty years of outstanding quality art.At the time, there were very few contemporary galleries to be found in Jordan andartists were largely dependent on their own personal efforts and contacts to promotetheir work. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public demanding tosee contemporary art and get to know the artists. The aim of 4 Walls was to promotethe artists by exhibiting their works and helping to sell them. Throughout that period,Majida Mouasher consistently bought work from these artists.What makes this collection so unique is its astonishing diversity, despite the fact thatthe Levant is so heavily represented. The artists all have deep cultural roots in whateverthe source of their inspiration might be, whether that is China, Russia, the West, ortheir own country of origin. Though many of them are now living in the diaspora, theyall have in common an honest reaction to their environment, their cultural and socialor historical backgrounds, their ethnic origins or political upheavals.The wars and instabilities in the Middle East have forced people to move across continents and to the shorelines of Europe, bringing with them new and different culturalways. Now that the Middle East is so much in the spotlight, an urgency exists to showits contemporary art to the Western public. Art is able to bypass conflicts, to enhanceand promote understanding between cultures., We need art more than ever before. We live in a time when we try to deal with our problems and try to describe our world through words, figures and logic. But to understand humans and to look at the bigger shifts the tectonic plate shifts in the human condition, so to speak we need to rise above, or go below, the 24/7 news cycle, and we need art to give us a different language to understand the human condition. Kasper Holten, Director of Opera, Royal Opera House, London Majida Mouasher owned an art gallery called 4 Walls, in Amman, Jordan between 2000 and 2006. During that time she worked with more than ninety artists, 45 of whom form the nucleus of her beautiful and important private collection comprised of contemporary art from the Middle East in general and the Levant in particular, spanning over sixty years of superb quality art. In Jordan at the time there were mostly foundations or institutions, and only very few contemporary art galleries. The artists depended mostly upon their own personal efforts and contacts in order to promote themselves. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public that wanted to see contemporary art and get to know the artists. The aim of 4 Walls was to promote the artists by exhibiting and helping sell their works. During that period, Majida Mouasher bought consistently work from these artists. What makes this collection so special, is that even though it is concentrated on the Levant, it is very diverse. The artists in the collection have deep cultural roots from whatever the origin of their inspiration is; be it China, Russia, the West or their country of origin. Though many of them are now living in the diaspora, they all share in common an honest reaction to their environment, their cultural and social or historical backgrounds, their ethnic origins or political upheavals. Due to the wars and upheavals in the Middle East, people are moving across countries and to the shorelines of Europe, bringing with them new and different cultural ways. Now that the Middle East is so much in the spotlight, there is an urgency to show its contemporary art to the Western public. Art can bypass conflicts and bring more and better understanding between cultures. The artists in the collection and presented in this book are: Chafik Abboud Nawal Abdallah Adonis Nasr Abdul Aziz Saadi Al Kaabi Nuha Al Radi Shaker Hassan Al Said Rajwa Ali Hani Alqam Clara Amado Mohammad Al-Ameri Jamal Ashour Dia Azzawi Khaled Barakeh Kamal Boullata Diana Chamounky Hiram Charib Ghada Dahdaleh Dodi Muhanna Durra Ismail Fattah Ghassan Ghaeb Riham Ghassib Samia Halaby Himat Farouk Kaspaulis Ammar Khammash Khalid Khreis Sadik Kwaish Alfraji Halim Mahdi Fouad Mimi Mohammad Nasrallah Rafa Nassiri Joman Nimri Said Nusseibih Mahmoud Obaidi Karim Rissan Khalil Ryyan Nabil Shehadeh Rula Shukairy Samer Tabbaa Mahmoud Taha Madiha Omar Samer Ussama (Samer Hatam) Wijdan Nazar Yahya The book will contain in-depth texts from: Luit Mols Ph.D., owner of Sabiel Research, Curating, Education and Consultancy in Islamic Art; Nada M. Shabout Ph.D., Professor of Art History at the University of North Texas and President and cofounding board member of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, Turkey (AMCA); H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi Ph.D., President of the Royal Society of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan."