Samia Halaby : centers of energy / edited by Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert and Rachel Winter with contributions from Samia Halaby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halaby, Samia, artist, contributor.

Reichert, Elliot Josephine Leila, curator, editor, contributor.

Winter, Rachel (Art museum curator), curator, editor, contributor.

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, host institution.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halaby, Samia--Exhibitions.

Halaby, Samia.

Halaby, Samia--Criticism and interpretation.

Halaby, Samia--Themes, motives.

Palestinian American artists--20th century--Exhibitions.

Palestinian American artists.

Palestinian American artists--21st century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Abstract--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Abstract.

Painting, Abstract--21st century--Exhibitions.

Computer art--20th century--Exhibitions.

Computer art.

Computer art--21st century--Exhibitions.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

207 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm

Other Title:

Centers of energy

Place of Publication:

Munich : Hirmer Verlag GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

"Samia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognized as a pioneer of twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. This publication brings together her paintings, prints, and drawings as well as her kinetic works, illustrating how she has developed abstract forms into moving compositions of color and texture."-- Back cover

Contents:

Directors' Foreword / David E. Brenneman & Steven L. Bridges

Curators' Preface: To Return, Again / Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert & Rachel Winter

Samia Halaby: Centers of Energy / Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert

On Place: A Conversation with Samia Halaby / Rachel Winter

Plates

My History with Digital Art / Samia Halaby

Reflecting Reality in Abstract Painting / Samia Halaby

From Jerusalem to New York: Biography and Timeline of Samia Halaby / Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert & Rachel Winter

Selected Bibliography and Collections

About the Authors

Index

Notes:

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Samia Halaby: Centers of Energy at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, February 10-June 9, 2024, and Samia Halaby: Eye Witness at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, June 28-December 15, 2024"-- Colophon.

The planned exhibition at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art was cancelled December 20, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, February 10 - June 9, 2024; "Samia Halaby : eye witness" at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, June 28 - December 15, 2024.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

3777442682

9783777442686

OCLC:

1389555412

Publisher Number:

9783777442686