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(Vol. XVIII No. 1): Spring 2010
From The Editors: The last decade has comprised tremendous transformations for the artscapes of the Middle East, transformations simultaneously occurring on a number of levels. Regionally, there has been a mushrooming of “independent” art spaces, artist-run projects, and large-scale bi/annual events and festivals. Conveniently neat portrayals of bifurcated art scene(s)—pitting more recent initiatives against the historic prominence of the state as the primary patron of the arts—quickly gained currency and framed the majority of discussions of artistic production ... [read more] |
Table of Contents
Special Issue: Visual Arts and Art Practices in the Middle East
Theme Articles
12. Authenticity and Its Modernist Discontents: The Colonial Encounter and African and Middle Eastern Art History
by Prita Meier
46. Daoud Corm, Cosmopolitan Nationalism, and the Origins of Lebanese Modern Art
by Sarah Rogers
78. Egyptian Surrealism and “Degenerate Art” in 1939
by Don LaCoss
118. On Being “the Other” in Post-Civil War Lebanon: Aid and the Politics of Art in Processes of Contemporary Cultural Production
by Hanan Toukan
Articles
162. Hashemitism, Jordanian National Identity, and the Abu Odeh Episode
by Stefanie Nanes
196. Ottoman Reform, Islam, and Palestine’s Peasantry
by Erik Eliav Freas
Conversations
232. A Constant State of Urgency
254. Street Talk: On Infrastructure and Pleasures
270. Six-Shooters and Nationalist Stamps: A Conversation Between Naeem Mohaiemen and Haig Aivazian
288. When Global Art Meanders on a Magic Carpet: A Conversation on Tehran's Roaming Biennial
300. To Participate or Follow? (Views on the Current Situation of the Istanbul Art Scene)
Interview
316. Interview with Wafaa Bilal
Theme Reviews
330. Palestinian Art: From 1850 to the Present
by Kamal Boullata
reviewed by Rhonda A. Saad
334. Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War
by Zeina Maasri
reviewed by Sune Haugbolle
338. Tarjama/Translation. ArteEast Exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art, New York. 10 May – 27 September 2009
reviewed by Clare Davies
344. Iran Inside Out. Group Show, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City. 26 June – 5 September 2009
reviewed by Kamran Rastegar
349. What Keeps Mankind Alive?. 11th International Art Exhibition, Istanbul Biennial. 12 September – 8 November 2009
reviewed by Nermin Saybasili
356. Making Worlds // Hacer Mundos // Fare Mundi. 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale. 7 June – 22 November 2009
reviewed by Nada Shabout
Book Reviews
362. The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq
by Orit Bashkin
reviewed by Haytham Bahoora
366. Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity
by Elliott Colla
reviewed by Yasmine Ramadan
370. Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success
by Christopher M. Davidson
reviewed by Arang Keshavarzian
374. The Power of Representation: Publics, Peasants, and Islam in Egypt
by Michael Ezekiel Gasper
reviewed by Aaron Jakes
379. A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire
by M. Sükrü Hanioğlu
reviewed by Cenk Palaz
383. My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century
by Adina Hoffman
reviewed by Hala Khamis Nassar
387. Poets for Palestine
by Remi Kanazi, ed.
reviewed by Ahmad Diab
392. Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
by Mahmood Mamdani
reviewed by Caitlyn Bolton
397. The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East
by Oliver Roy
reviewed by Matthew Berkman
402. Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
by Eyal Weizman
reviewed by On Barak
407. Power and Water in the Middle East: The Hidden Politics of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Conflict
by Mark Zeitoun
reviewed by Nicholas Rowe
Special Issue: Visual Arts and Art Practices in the Middle East
Theme Articles
12. Authenticity and Its Modernist Discontents: The Colonial Encounter and African and Middle Eastern Art History
by Prita Meier
46. Daoud Corm, Cosmopolitan Nationalism, and the Origins of Lebanese Modern Art
by Sarah Rogers
78. Egyptian Surrealism and “Degenerate Art” in 1939
by Don LaCoss
118. On Being “the Other” in Post-Civil War Lebanon: Aid and the Politics of Art in Processes of Contemporary Cultural Production
by Hanan Toukan
Articles
162. Hashemitism, Jordanian National Identity, and the Abu Odeh Episode
by Stefanie Nanes
196. Ottoman Reform, Islam, and Palestine’s Peasantry
by Erik Eliav Freas
Conversations
232. A Constant State of Urgency
254. Street Talk: On Infrastructure and Pleasures
270. Six-Shooters and Nationalist Stamps: A Conversation Between Naeem Mohaiemen and Haig Aivazian
288. When Global Art Meanders on a Magic Carpet: A Conversation on Tehran's Roaming Biennial
300. To Participate or Follow? (Views on the Current Situation of the Istanbul Art Scene)
Interview
316. Interview with Wafaa Bilal
Theme Reviews
330. Palestinian Art: From 1850 to the Present
by Kamal Boullata
reviewed by Rhonda A. Saad
334. Off the Wall: Political Posters of the Lebanese Civil War
by Zeina Maasri
reviewed by Sune Haugbolle
338. Tarjama/Translation. ArteEast Exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art, New York. 10 May – 27 September 2009
reviewed by Clare Davies
344. Iran Inside Out. Group Show, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City. 26 June – 5 September 2009
reviewed by Kamran Rastegar
349. What Keeps Mankind Alive?. 11th International Art Exhibition, Istanbul Biennial. 12 September – 8 November 2009
reviewed by Nermin Saybasili
356. Making Worlds // Hacer Mundos // Fare Mundi. 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale. 7 June – 22 November 2009
reviewed by Nada Shabout
Book Reviews
362. The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq
by Orit Bashkin
reviewed by Haytham Bahoora
366. Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity
by Elliott Colla
reviewed by Yasmine Ramadan
370. Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success
by Christopher M. Davidson
reviewed by Arang Keshavarzian
374. The Power of Representation: Publics, Peasants, and Islam in Egypt
by Michael Ezekiel Gasper
reviewed by Aaron Jakes
379. A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire
by M. Sükrü Hanioğlu
reviewed by Cenk Palaz
383. My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century
by Adina Hoffman
reviewed by Hala Khamis Nassar
387. Poets for Palestine
by Remi Kanazi, ed.
reviewed by Ahmad Diab
392. Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
by Mahmood Mamdani
reviewed by Caitlyn Bolton
397. The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East
by Oliver Roy
reviewed by Matthew Berkman
402. Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
by Eyal Weizman
reviewed by On Barak
407. Power and Water in the Middle East: The Hidden Politics of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Conflict
by Mark Zeitoun
reviewed by Nicholas Rowe