| Off Screen: Four Young Artists in the Middle East Contributor(s): Braithwaite, Al (Author), Hemming, Henry (Author), Stapleton, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861542712 ISBN-13: 9781861542717 Publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions OUR PRICE: $29.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2004 Annotation: "Off Screen is an artistic record of a year-long journey across the Middle East that four young British artists took in 200203. Each double-page spread in the book stands as an individual artwork capturing the modern face of Middle Eastern society. These tactile reflections of form and color, layered with Persian and Arabic iconography, are interwoven with diary extracts and ephemera to communicate a kinetic, visually rich, deliberately subjective record and fascinating portrait of cultural identity in the 21st century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Political Science - Travel | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 915.604 |
| LCCN: 2005482043 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 8.28" W x 10.92" (1.94 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This combination art book and travel journal is the culmination of a year-long journey four young artists made across the Middle East. Their goal of enhancing mutual understanding informed their journey and is evident in its documentation. As artists, they were able to attend events and talk to people unavailable to professional journalists and pol |