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Archaic : the Pavilion of Iraq, 57th International Art Exhibition, La Bienale di Venezia.

Title
Archaic : the Pavilion of Iraq, 57th International Art Exhibition, La Bienale di Venezia.
Publication
Milano : Mousse Publishing, [2017]
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  • Alÿs, Francis, 1959-
  • Selim, Jewad, 1919-1961.
  • Āl Saʻīd, Shākir Ḥasan, 1925-
  • Alfraiji, Sadik Kwaish, 1960-
  • Abbas, Sherko, 1978-
  • Sleman, Sakar, 1979-
  • Hattom, Nadine, 1980-
  • Fadhil. Luay, 1982-
  • Arkady, Ali, 1982-
  • Biennale di Venezia (57th : 2017 : Venice, Italy), issuing body.
Description
137 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
The catalogue of the Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale, this book presents eight Iraqi artists of different generations Sherko Abbas, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Ali Arkady, Luay Fadhil, Shakir Hassan Al Said, Nadine Hatton, Jewad Selim, and Sakar Sleman together with work made by Francis Alÿs when he was embedded with a battalion of Peshmerga near Mosul, and a stunning collection of artefacts from the Iraq Museum of Baghdad. Tellingly, archaic is also the Western view of the other, of a war-torn land that is easier to view as such than anything else. Archaic is the approach of the visual arts, the overwhelming rich heritage of the past with the overbearing paucity of the present. All the work featured in this book draws out the tension in the term archaic, to emphasise its particular relevance to Iraq, a country where the existing political, administrative, social and economic reality is arguably as archaic as its ancient heritage.
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  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Iraq pavilion for the 57th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, May 13-November 26, 2017. Exhibitors: Antiquities for the Iraq Museum, Francis Alys, Jewad Selim, Shakir Hassan al-Said, Sadik alFraiji, Sherko Abbas, Sakar Sleiman, Nadine Hattom, Luay Fadhil, Ali Arkady. Commissioner: Ruya Foundation. Curators: Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo. Venue: Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, 3rd floor, San Marco 2847.
  • "La Biennale di Venezia. 57. esposizione internazionale d'arte. Partecipazioni nazionali."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQG 17-217
ISBN
  • 9788867492787
  • 8867492780
OCLC
989895346
Title
Archaic : the Pavilion of Iraq, 57th International Art Exhibition, La Bienale di Venezia.
Publisher
Milano : Mousse Publishing, [2017]
Type of Content
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Type of Medium
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Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Alÿs, Francis, 1959-
Selim, Jewad, 1919-1961.
Āl Saʻīd, Shākir Ḥasan, 1925-
Alfraiji, Sadik Kwaish, 1960-
Abbas, Sherko, 1978-
Sleman, Sakar, 1979-
Hattom, Nadine, 1980-
Fadhil. Luay, 1982-
Arkady, Ali, 1982-
Biennale di Venezia (57th : 2017 : Venice, Italy), issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQG 17-217
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