ARTH 369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Shirin Neshat, Mona Hatoum, Islamic Art
5 Dec 2018
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Discrimination can be a positive thing when the viewers are intrigued in some cultural difference that is enticing and mysterious, far from their own. Nobility of sentiments is no security against suppression . Women of allah, shirin neshat, 1993-97 - picture. Mona hatoum, measure of distance, 1988 - picture. Contemporary islamic art exhibitions were held in the early 2000s to further the discussion around the contribution of islamic culture to the world. An act of establishing oneself by selectively de ning the other can be a mistake made by westerners. Several islamic states were established during mughal empire, most raj put states were independent and led by raj put chiefs. Hence the construction of identity of a culture is complex, within contemporary islamic society it is not only dictated by religious institutions. Colin dadid - 1974 and 1975 nude paintings presented. This is opening the discussion of what is islamic art.
