{"product_id":"mona-saudi-filwa-nazer-discovering-arab-artists-9788891839909","title":"Mona Saudi, Filwa Nazer: Discovering Arab Artists","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eleventh and twelfth volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Art Library\u003c\/i\u003e, a pioneering art volumes series that documents the most important modern and contemporary Arab artists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese gorgeously designed volumes offer an informal yet detailed introduction to the most prominent figures of Arab art. The collection is characterized by medium size books, each one dedicated to a single artist, richly illustrated and rigorously documented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publications, presented in English and Arabic editions, are launched seasonally, in spring and fall, two by two, in a sophisticated cardboard slipcase. Each slipcase presents a Saudi alongside a non-Saudi artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMona Saudi (b. 1945, Amman, Transjordan - d. 2022, Beirut, Lebanon) was a Jordanian sculptor, publisher, and art activist. She sculpted mainly in stone. Her forms are full of vitality, beauty, and a clear sense of equilibrium, frequently returning to ideas of fertility and growth. Always starting with basic shapes, the square, circle, cylinder, rectangle, she goes on to give them movement, a life of their own - either repeating their forms, varying their depths or heights, or cutting them across one another to create new, graceful compositions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilwa Nazer (b. 1972, Swansea, United Kingdom) is a Saudi multimedia conceptual artist. She lives and works in Jeddah. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer practice ranges from digital prints, photographic collages, and textile to installations, and centers around questioning the emotional and psychological identity in relation to spatial and social contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecent exhibitions include: \u003ci\u003ePerceptible Rhythms, Alternative Temporalities\u003c\/i\u003e, Middle East Institute Washington (2022); La Biennale de Lyon, France (2022); Diriyah Biennale (2021); \u003ci\u003eUn mundo de retales\u003c\/i\u003e, Casa Arabe Madrid (2021); 21,39 Jeddah Arts \u003ci\u003eI Love You Urgently\u003c\/i\u003e (2020); \u003ci\u003eIn Between, \u003c\/i\u003e as part of March Project residency at Sharjah Art Foundation (2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rizzoli International Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788891839909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Mona Khazindar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799756112053,"sku":"9788891839909","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6252acbb-8b1e-43d3-aa84-e564b4e57654.jpg?v=1711477924","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mona-saudi-filwa-nazer-discovering-arab-artists-9788891839909","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}