Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East
18 May – 2 September 2006
Room 35
Exhibition closed
Part of Middle East Now season
Word into Art: Artists of the Modern
Middle East is an exhibition based largely on the
collections of the British Museum complemented by a number of
loans. It demonstrates the imaginative ways in which artists across
the Middle East and North Africa are using the power of the written
word in their art today.
The exhibition, displaying the works of
90 artists from across the Middle East and North
Africa, includes wonderful examples of calligraphy
transforming writing into art, books of poetry, and works which
reflect current issues facing the modern Middle East.
This exhibition was seen by over 87,000 visitors.
Word into Art was also displayed at
the Dubai Financial Centre from 7 February –
30 April 2008.
In partnership with Dubai Holding
Image: 'I follow the religion of love' by
Ibn Arabi (d.1240), illustrated by Hassan Massoudy