AYAD, Myrna
Alcove - Intimate Essays On Arab Modernist Artists

Spanning a pivotal time in Arab art, from the 1950s through to the 1980s, the book celebrates the lives, careers, and personas of some of the region's pioneering artists and features archival material, images of artworks as well as of the artists themselves. Alcove, from the Arabic "al qubba", meaning vault or chamber, reflects on the importance of these stories, inviting readers into a treasury of prized histories. The book is a compilation of articles narrated by the relatives, friends and students of modernists from the Arab world. [publisher's note]

Featured artists:

Shafic Abboud
Hamed Abdallah
Etel Adnan
Layla Al Attar
Nahil Bishara
Huguette Caland
Saloua Raouda Choucair
Ali Omar Ermes
Abdel Hadi El Gazzar
Paul Guiragossian
Mohammed Ghani Hikmat
Nabila Hilmi
Menhat Hilmy
Jumana El Husseini
Louay Kayyali
Helen Khal
Baya Mahieddine
Mohamed Melehi
Fateh Moudarres
Nuha Al Radi
Aref El Rayess
Mona Saudi
Juliana Seraphim
Abdullah Al Shaikh
Asim Abu Shakra
Hassan Sharif
Hussein Shariffe
Laila Shawa
Hedi Terki
Madiha Umar

Published by Kaph Books, 2024
Design by Kate Scott
Essays / Art History