{"title":"The Africa Institute and Sharjah Art Foundation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Africa Institute and Sharjah Art Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e collaborate to present insightful and visually compelling works that explore contemporary arts and culture across Africa and its diasporas. Their publications often highlight pioneering artists, such as Ahmed Morsi, and delve into the rich intersections of history, identity, and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtfully curated essays, exhibition catalogues, and artist monographs that illuminate diverse artistic practices and cultural narratives. These books invite reflection on artistic expression within broader social and political contexts, offering a vibrant perspective on Africa’s dynamic cultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ahmed-morsi-by-the-africa-institute-and-sharjah-art-foundation-9788857245652","title":"Ahmed Morsi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAhmed Morsi: A Dialogic Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e discusses the places, people, texts, ideas, and materials that have shaped the unique practice of the New York-based Egyptian artist Ahmed Morsi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA painter, poet, printmaker, and critic, Morsi has created a diverse body of work abundant in mythic beauty. After coming of age in the 1940s as part of the Alexandria School, a movement led by free thinkers and artists that marked the city's emergence as a postwar Mediterranean cultural entrepot, Morsi spent time in Baghdad, where he benefited from the city's vibrant literary renaissance of the 1960s, as an art critic and translator, before settling in Cairo, and eventually immigrating to New York in the mid-1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Cairo, Morsi helped lead the journal, Galerie 68, which became the voice of the Egyptian avant-garde, while experimenting with theatrical set design and artist's books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume highlights the rich interplay between Morsi's poetry and paintings and emphasizes the way his multivalent practice conducts a dialogue with the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423719768300,"sku":"9788857245652","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61ihxs03T0L._SL1500.jpg?v=1774428979"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/the-africa-institute-and-sharjah-art-foundation.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}