For Immediate Release August 2022 Download media assets here Media Contacts: Lindsay Bosch, Block Museum of Art 773-633-9467, Lindsay.bosch@northwestern.edu, or Stephanie Kulke, Northwestern University 847-491-4819 or stephanie.kulke@northwestern.edu
EXHIBITION RETHINKS MID-CENTURY ABSTRACT ART IN MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s– 1980s on view at The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University September 22 – December 4, 2022 From September 22 – December 4, 2022 the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University will present Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s. The exhibition explores mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab diaspora—a vast geographic expanse that encompasses diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. Comprising nearly 90 works by artists from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the Arab diaspora, the exhibition is drawn from the renowned collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation based in Sharjah, UAE. The paintings, sculpture, drawings,