Palestinian ArtTurmoil and violence have defined the lives of Palestinian people over the last few decades, yet in the midst of the chaos artists live and thrive, creating little-seen work that is a powerful response to their situation. Gannit Ankori's Palestinian Art is the first in-depth English-language assessment of contemporary Palestinian art, and it offers an unprecedented and wholly original overview of this art in all its complexity. Ankori comprehensively traces the full history and development of Palestinian art, from its roots in folk art and traditional Christian and Islamic painting to the predominance of nationalistic themes and diverse media used today. Drawing on over a decade of extensive research, studio visits, and interviews, Ankori explores the vast oeuvre of prominent contemporary Palestinian artists, navigating between the personal and biographical dimensions of specific artworks and the symbolic meanings embedded within them. She provides detailed interpretations of many works and considers the complex historical, geographical, political, and cultural contexts in which the art was created. Questions of gender, exile, colonialism, postcolonialism, and hybridity are integral to Ankori's investigation as she probes the influence and thematic dominance of issues such as rootedness and displacement in Palestinian art. Palestinian Art is a fascinating introduction to a virtually unknown visual culture that has been subsumed under the torrent of current political turmoil. A groundbreaking and essential work of art scholarship, Palestinian Art illuminates new and unique facets of the Palestinian cultural identity. |
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... sense . I was born in Jerusalem and named after my father's sister , who was killed by the Nazis as a child . From the age of four , my family and I were perpetually on the move . I went to about ten different schools . I was always ...
... sense . I was born in Jerusalem and named after my father's sister , who was killed by the Nazis as a child . From the age of four , my family and I were perpetually on the move . I went to about ten different schools . I was always ...
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... sense of identity on so many other levels , whether Islamic or Christian , Ottoman or Arab , local or universal , or family and tribal ' , 1o can Palestinian identity be defined ? In response to these queries , Khalidi's path - breaking ...
... sense of identity on so many other levels , whether Islamic or Christian , Ottoman or Arab , local or universal , or family and tribal ' , 1o can Palestinian identity be defined ? In response to these queries , Khalidi's path - breaking ...
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Contents
Introduction Broken Narratives and DisOrientalism | 15 |
The Shadow of the Nakba Art before 1948 | 23 |
Exile and Memories Art after 1948 | 47 |
EARTH AND SKY | 59 |
Earth Sliman Mansour and the Poetics of Sumud | 60 |
Sky Kamal Boullata and the Quest for Light | 93 |
BODY AND HOME | 119 |
Mona Hatoum Nomadic Bodies Exilic Spaces | 121 |
BEING ARAB IN ISRAEL | 175 |
Visual Voices from the Interior | 176 |
Postscript | 217 |
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Acknowledgements | 247 |
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