Etel Adnan : between East and West / Sébastien Delot, curator; Grégoire Prangé, assistant curator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adnan, Etel.

Contributor:

Delot, Sébastien, curator.

Prangé, Grégoire, curator.

King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, hosting institution.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Adnan, Etel--Exhibitions.

Adnan, Etel.

Painting--Lebanon.

Painting.

Painting--United States.

Physical Description:

143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) : 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2025]

Language Note:

Text in English and Arabic.

Summary:

A poet, painter and philosopher, Etel Adnan's life and work was shaped by a profound and vibrant exchange between Arab and Western cultures. In 2024, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran is organizing the first major exhibition in Saudi Arabia dedicated to one of the most important voices in modern American-Arab literature and visual art. Living a life between Lebanon, France and California, and influenced by her travels to Mexico and North Africa, Adnan's work is characterized by her openness to different media and languages, both literary and visual. Refusing to continue writing in French to show solidarity with Algeria during the Algerian War of Independence, she began to paint using bright colors as a universal language. Alongside this, leporellos became her signature medium: the pocket-sized books unfold into several meters long, lavishly illustrated tapestries of poetry and painting. Opening up new perspectives, this catalogue brings together a large number of works from all periods that emphasize the richness and diversity of Adnan's oeuvre, and explores various themes essential to a deeper understanding of her work. A comprehensive chronology will also enrich the book, making it not least a reference tool in Arabic. Exhibition: Ithra Museum, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (01.02. - 30.06.2024).

Contents:

Manager's foreword / Noura Alzamil

Head of Ithra Museum foreword / Farah Abushullaih

Art as a place of revelation / Sébastien Delot

Timeline / Grégoire Prangé

Appendix

List of exhibited works

List of reproduced works

Colophon.

Notes:

"This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Etel Adnan, Between East and West, The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dhahran, Saudia Arabia, February 1, 2024-June 30, 2024." -- colophon.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at The King Abudulaziz Center, Ithra Museum, Dhahran, February 1 - June 30, 2024.

ISBN:

9783775756600

3775756604

OCLC:

1441774125

Publisher Number:

CIPO000072148