The fertile crescent
Subtitle: gender, art, and society
By: Judith K. Brodsky & Ferris Olin ; with essays by Judith K. Brodsky [and others]
Contributors: Olin, Ferris; Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University). Galleries
Publisher: Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art; Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780979049798
Subjects: Women artists; Exhibitions; Middle Eastern Art; Feminism and art; Art and Design; Konst; Utställningskatalog; Genus; Feminism; Konstnärer; Art; Exhibition catalogue; Gender; Artists; Mellanösternkonst; Genusaspekter; Kvinnliga konstnärer; Feminism och konst
Description: Overview: The Fertile Crescent examines the work of 24 women artists of Middle East heritage: Negar Ahkami (Iranian), Shiva Ahmadi (Iranian), Jananne Al-Ani (Iraqi), Fatima and Monira Al Qadiri (Kuwaiti), Ghada Amer (Egyptian), Zeina Barakeh (Lebanese), Ofri Cnaani (Israeli), Nezaket Ekici (Turkish), Diana El Jeiroudi (Syrian), Parastou Forouhar (Iranian), Ayana Friedman (Israeli), Shadi Ghadirian (Iranian), Mona Hatoum (Palestinian), Hayv Kahraman (Iraqi), Efrat Kedem (Israeli), Sigalit Landau (Israeli), Ariane Littman (Israeli), Shirin Neshat (Iranian), Ebru Ozsecen (Turkish), Laila Shawa (Palestinian), Shahzia Sikander (Pakistani), Fatimah Tuggar (Nigerian) and Nil Yalter (Turkish). These artists all explore matters of gender, homeland, geopolitics, theology and the environment. The authors in this volume address transnationalism and the interaction between Muslim culture and Jewish, Christian and Euro-American cultures, resulting in U.S. and European relationships that are sometimes congenial and at other times problematic. The book also addresses the Middle East's cultural diaspora in black Africa and South Asia. The Fertile Crescent is published in conjunction with a fall 2012 multi-venue exhibition at Rutgers and Princeton Universities and the Arts Council of Princeton/Paul Robeson Center for the Arts.
Notes: Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, Aug. 13-Sept. 9, 2012, and elsewhere through Nov. 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preamble / Stanley N Katz; title: Preface and acknowledgments / Judith K Brodsky and Ferris Olin; title: Essays: The fertile crescent: gender, art, and society / Judith K Brodsky and Ferris Olin ; The art of revolution in Egypt: brushes with women / Margot Badran ; Art, precarity, biopolitics / Kelly Baum ; Slipping away (or uncompliant cartographies) / Gilane Tawadros; title: Artists: Negar Ahkami ; Shiva Ahmadi ; Jananne Al-Ani ; Fatima Al Qadiri ; Monira Al Qadiri ; Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh ; Zeina Barakeh ; Ofri Cnaani ; Nezaket Ekici ; Diana El Jeiroudi ; Parastou Forouhar ; Ayana Friedman ; Shadi Ghadirian ; Mona Hatoum ; Hayv Kahraman ; Efrat Kedem ; Sigalit Landau ; Ariane Littman ; Shirin Neshat ; Ebru Ozsecen ; Laila Shawa ; Shahzia Sikander ; Fatimah Tuggar ; Nil Yalter; title: Exhibitions and events. 505.