{"product_id":"9788891839909","title":"Mona Saudi, Filwa Nazer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe eleventh and twelfth volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Art Library\u003c\/i\u003e, a pioneering art volumes series that documents the most important modern and contemporary Arab artists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese gorgeously designed volumes offer an informal yet detailed introduction to the most prominent figures of Arab art. The collection is characterized by medium size books, each one dedicated to a single artist, richly illustrated and rigorously documented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe publications, presented in English and Arabic editions, are launched seasonally, in spring and fall, two by two, in a sophisticated cardboard slipcase. Each slipcase presents a Saudi alongside a non-Saudi artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMona Saudi (b. 1945, Amman, Transjordan – d. 2022, Beirut, Lebanon) was a Jordanian sculptor, publisher, and art activist. She sculpted mainly in stone. Her forms are full of vitality, beauty, and a clear sense of equilibrium, frequently returning to ideas of fertility and growth. Always starting with basic shapes, the square, circle, cylinder, rectangle, she goes on to give them movement, a life of their own – either repeating their forms, varying their depths or heights, or cutting them across one another to create new, graceful compositions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilwa Nazer (b. 1972, Swansea, United Kingdom) is a Saudi multimedia conceptual artist. She lives and works in Jeddah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer practice ranges from digital prints, photographic collages, and textile to installations, and centers around questioning the emotional and psychological identity in relation to spatial and social contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent exhibitions include: \u003ci\u003ePerceptible Rhythms, Alternative Temporalities\u003c\/i\u003e, Middle East Institute Washington (2022); La Biennale de Lyon, France (2022); Diriyah Biennale (2021); \u003ci\u003eUn mundo de retales\u003c\/i\u003e, Casa Arabe Madrid (2021); 21,39 Jeddah Arts \u003ci\u003eI Love You Urgently\u003c\/i\u003e (2020); \u003ci\u003eIn Between,\u003c\/i\u003e as part of March Project residency at Sharjah Art Foundation (2019).","brand":"River Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Rizzoli |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-03-12","offer_id":44663251796223,"sku":"9788891839909","price":80.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5d36deb2-ae8f-4c5c-ad27-3e8e089b501c.jpg?v=1704535019","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9788891839909","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}