{"title":"Adila Laïdi-Hanieh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdila Laïdi-Hanieh\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the world of arts and culture, highlighting the lives and works of notable artists with a refined and thoughtful voice. Her books invite readers to delve deeply into artistic expressions and cultural narratives that resonate across history and geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on figures such as Fahrelnissa Zeid, Laïdi-Hanieh presents richly researched biographies that illuminate the creative spirit and cultural contexts shaping their subjects. These works provide both art lovers and cultural enthusiasts with compelling portraits that celebrate artistic innovation and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fahrelnissa-zeid-by-adila-laidi-hanieh-9781908970312","title":"Fahrelnissa Zeid","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Fahrelnissa Zeid's (1901-91) life is truly like no other. A Turkish noblewoman by birth and Iraqi princess by marriage, she was the first female artist to have a solo exhibition at London's prestigious Institute of Contemporary Arts. Friend and relative of kings, queens, and statesmen, and busy wife of an ambassador, she was also a leading figure of Turkish modernism in the 1940s and a prominent member of the avant-garde in postwar Paris, praised by fellow artists and critics alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite her privileged background, she fought personal tragedy, psychological turmoil, and social and artistic prejudice to chart a unique and innovative path all of her own. She became celebrated in her lifetime for her monumental and dynamic abstract compositions that engulf the viewer in fields of colour, light, and energetic movement, as well as for her later expressionistic portraits of family and close friends. These works reflect her conception of art as a ceaseless forward quest, driven by a spiritual need to produce painterly renditions of cosmic journeys and inner psychic universes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoinciding with a retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern, \u003cem\u003eFahrelnissa Zeid\u003c\/em\u003e is written by a former student of the artist and based on unprecedented access to her private papers and personal archive. It provides a revisionist and definitive account of both her extraordinary life and the constant innovation and reinvention that characterised her career right up until her final decades working and teaching in Jordan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt foregrounds the importance of her extensive knowledge of European culture and her shifting mental state on her artistic vision, and challenges orientalist interpretations of her art. In doing so, it redefines Fahrelnissa Zeid for the contemporary reader as one of the most important modernists of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470584365292,"sku":"9781908970312","price":48.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781908970312-fahrelnissa-zeid.jpg?v=1775222063"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/adila-laidi-hanieh.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}