Alhumdulillah

May 17, 2006 5:49 AM

The World in Contemporary Islamic Art (via bbc) 18 May – 2 Sept; at the British Museum in London. Among the exhibitors are The Iraqi calligrapher Hassan Massoudy Iranian photographers: Shadi Ghadirian and Malekeh Nayini and artists Farhad Moshiri and Khosrow Hassanzadeh The Egyptian artist Sabah Naim The Palestinian artist Laila Shawa and the Saudi Arabian X-ray artist Fahad Mater-al-Ziad (pdf) If, like me you can’t get to see the real thing maybe these will help. Enjoy.
posted by adamvasco (11 comments total)

Really digging this post. This in particular. Thanks for sharing.
posted by space2k at 7:04 AM on May 17, 2006

[While we're at it, El Shaarani's calligraphy work is also A+ outstanding ]

Thanks for this post.
posted by peacay at 7:21 AM on May 17, 2006

Ha, I was just about to suggest El Shaarani, my favorite!
posted by sonofsamiam at 7:47 AM on May 17, 2006

Great stuff! Thanks!
posted by carter at 8:18 AM on May 17, 2006

[this is good]
posted by darsh at 8:22 AM on May 17, 2006

Whoa, great links. Thanks adam.
posted by jamesonandwater at 8:36 AM on May 17, 2006

Great post!
posted by languagehat at 9:06 AM on May 17, 2006

Awesome post, thanks.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:11 AM on May 17, 2006

Hassan Massoudy is my favourite, that's the first time Arabic calligraphy really grabs me.
posted by Zombie Dreams at 12:56 PM on May 17, 2006

What I like about arabic calligraphy is to decipher setnences :)
posted by zouhair at 5:38 PM on May 17, 2006

Great post, this opens a whole new world to me. Thanks.
posted by Rumple at 5:52 PM on May 17, 2006