The black arch
Contributors: ʻĀlim, Rajāʼ writer; Start, Robin, exhibition curator, essayist; Khazindar, Mona, exhibition curator; Subayyil, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, exhibition commissioner; Obrist, Hans-Ulrich, interviewer; Giles, Roland, essayist; Khazindar, Mona, essayist; Saudi Arabia. Wizārat al-Thaqāfah wa-al-Iʻlām; Biennale di Venezia (54th : 2011)
Publisher: Ministry of Culture and Information, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Riydah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9789960612997
Subjects: Exhibitions; Modern Art; Installations (Art); Biennale di Venezia (54th : 2011)
Other titles: Falak al-aswad
Notes: "54th International Art Exhibition -- La Biennale di Venezia. Partecipazioni nazionali."

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held in Venice, in the Saudi Arabia Pavilion, for the 54th Venice Biennale, 4 June-27 November 2011.

Exhibition curated by Mona Khazindar and Robin Start.

Internal numbering in four sections, accordion structure, sliver fore edge.

"Abdulaziz Alsebail, Commissioner, is pleased to announce that Shadia and Raja Alem will represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its inaugural pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition -- la Biennale di Venezia Mona Khazindar and Robin Start will curate The Black Arch, an installation by the two artists."--Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Introduction. Venice Biennale website http://saudipavilionvenice.com.

In English and Arabic.
Table of contents: title: Preface  -- Dr. Abdulaziz Alsebail.; title: In the making of Shadia and Raja Alem. --; title: Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist. --; title: Makkah, City of God and man  -- Dr. Said Al Suraihi.; title: Venice, mirror of the Orient  -- Roland Giles.; title: Black orb, mirror to the invisible realms  -- Mona Khazindar.; title: Reflections on a journey  -- Robin Start.; title: Journey of the sounds in two cities  -- Raja and Shadia Alem.; title: Biographical notes. --; title: From the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture to Venice.