Arab Art Histories — The Khalid Shoman Collection
Editors: Sarah Rogers and Eline van der Vlist
The Khalid Shoman Foundation (worldwide distribution: Idea Books, Amsterdam)
Amman, Jordan, 2013 (English/Arabic)
ISBN: 9789082148404
This extensive publication brings together academic essays by scholars including Sarah Rogers, Faisal Darraj, Anneka Lenssen, Kirsten Scheid, Saleem Al-Bahloly, Ulrich Loock, Stephen Sheehi, and Hassan Khan, alongside personal reflections from artists, curators, and critics who lived the history of Darat al Funun, including Ibrahim Rashid, Maha Mustafa, Emily Jacir, Mona Saudi, and Samia Halaby, among others. It is structured in three interwoven parts: academic essays examining art historical concerns through works in the Collection, personal reflections from those connected to Darat al Funun, and the works of the more than one hundred and forty artists who form the Khalid Shoman Collection, tracing shifts in the region's artistic practices over four decades. Taken together, the publication tells the story of this unique institutional endeavor while considering what a regional art history might mean within today's globalized art world.