Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 1168 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-547472-5
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Asia. Beginning with an interest in calligraphy, Akhlaq searched for a vibrant cultural practice in contemporary Pakistan. As an artist-wayfarer in and out of cities like Karachi, Delhi, Lahore, Toronto, London, Montreal, Bangkok, Kabul, Teheran, Tokyo, Venice, this book begins to recount a life in
flux, a life on the move, a life exploring the traditions of Islam and the dancing order of a Muslim mind. The necessity and urgency to negotiate the invasions and seductions of Modernity produce unusual reversals in his art and contemporary narratives about the society and culture.
Zielgruppe
This book set out on a unique journey to explore the Pakistani artist's life and contribution to Pakistani art. The approach has been to try and understand the fragments of this life, and suggest some of the critical fictions made from his work during what has been for the country of Pakistan a strange history. It should be of interest to students, teachers, academics interested in art and to all those following the current debates today between Islam and the West, between tradition and Modernity, between personal ambition, talent and grief.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstpsychologie und -soziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Islamische Kunst
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
Part 1: Fragments from a Critical Life
Part 2: Critical Fictions
Part 3: Strange History
A Gift Misunderstood - coda