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Uninterrupted Fugue

Art by Kamal Boullata
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Uninterrupted Fugue presents a collection of critical essays exploring the four-decade career of Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata. Featuring contributions from a diverse group of international critics, art historians, and museum curators, the book offers a multifaceted analysis of abstract art created in exile. Richly illustrated, it highlights the intersection of verbal and visual expression and the blend of modernity with traditions from Byzantine and Islamic art.
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Format: Hardback
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art beyond the Western canon, especially those keen on abstract art in exile and the rich cultural dialogues between modern and traditional art forms.

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Uninterrupted Fugue offers a selection of critical essays about the art of Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata, covering 40 years of his career. Written by an international constellation of critics, art historians and museum curators coming together for the first time in one book, they reveal a wide range of analytical perspectives on the unfolding of abstract art in exile.

Readers interested in contemporary art beyond the Western canon will find in this lavishly illustrated book rare insights into an aesthetic where frontiers are crossed between verbal and visual expression, between modernity and traditions rooted in Byzantine and Islamic art.

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Praised by the Journal of Palestine Studies, the book gathers ten insightful essays by leading art historians, critics, and curators, including Hans Belting, Jean Fisher, and Abdelkebir Khatibi. Reviewers commend its expert and artistic tracking of Boullata's evolving exploration of themes such as belonging, exile, autobiography, history, abstraction, and the interplay between writing and painting.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777432441

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 December 2019

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 120 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 740g

Pages: 184

About the Author

Burcu Dogramaci is professor of art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitΓ€t MΓΌnchen.

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