Foundation, The Africa Institute and Sharjah Art
Ahmed Morsi: A Dialogic Imagination
- ISBN 13:
- 9788857245652
- author:
- Foundation, The Africa Institute and Sharjah Art
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Skira
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 24.1 x 17.3 x 3.3 centimetres (1
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Individual Artist,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ahmed Morsi: A Dialogic Imagination is a comprehensive exploration of the artist's diverse practice, spanning painting, poetry, printmaking, and criticism. Through his work, Ahmed Morsi engages in a rich dialogue with the world around him, drawing upon the influences of his various experiences and environments. Born in the 1940s, Morsi was part of the Alexandria School movement, which marked the city's emergence as a postwar Mediterranean cultural hub. He later spent time in Baghdad, where he benefited from the city's vibrant literary renaissance, before settling in Cairo and eventually immigrating to New York in the mid-1970s. This volume highlights the interplay between Morsi's poetry and paintings, emphasizing his multivalent practice as a means of conducting a dialogue with the wider world.
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