Contemporary \"Islamic\" Art

Odalisque in Grisaille Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780 1867 Paris) and Workshop ca. 1824–34, Oil on canvas MMA 38.65

Grande Odalisque Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Louvre, Paris, 1814

Les Femmes du Moroc: Grande Odalisque 2 from Les Femmes du Maroc Lalla Essaydi (b. 1956, Morocco)

Converging Territories and Les Femmes du Maroc Lalla Essaydi

Converging Territories #30, 2004 Lalla Essaydi

"Converging Territorries #10”, 2002 Lalla Essaydi

Hassan Massoudy (b. 1944, Iraq)

“A world of pain and sorrow at the very time when cherry trees are blossoming.” - Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1827)

“The seed carries the tree within.” - Johann Gottfried Von Herder (1744 - 1803)

“The sun frolics in the blossoming tree.” -Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)”

“Without roots, a tree cannot stand.” -African proverb

Arabesque performance, 1975 Hassan Massoudy

Julien Breton aka “Kalaam”, (b. 1979 France) and David Gallard, Light Calligraphy

Undercover Brooklyn, USA Julien Breton and David Gallard

Poésie Julien Breton and David Gallard Nantes France, 2007

Intimité Julien Breton and David Gallard Dampsmesnil, France

Turn off The Light Julien Breton and David Gallard

Fraternité (Brotherhood) Julien Breton and David Gallard Jodapur, India, 2013

A Thousand Times No Bahia Shehab, (b.1977 Beirut, Lebanon) Cairo, Egypt 2012

“No to a new pharaoh”

“No to violence”

A Thousand Times No Bahia Shehab 2012

“No to military rule”

A Thousand Times No Bahia Shehab 2010

“Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eyes first.”

Perception eL Seed (b. 1981 France) 2016, Cairo, Egypt

eL Seed Minaret, Jara Mosque, Gabes, Tunisia, 2012

eL Seed Mural in Kairouan, Tunisia, 2012

Folio from the "Blue Qur'an” second half 9th–mid-10th century Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment Tunisia, probably Qairawan, MMA 2004.88

The Great Mosque of Kairouan Tunisia, 9th century

eL Seed Mural in Kairouan, Tunisia, 2012

“I have seen time elapse–neither sadness nor smiles last–kings construct their kingdoms, but neither they nor their dominions endure.”

Kairouan, Tunisia

eL Seed at Leila Heller Gallery, New York, 2013

Folio in Square Kufic Repeating the name of ‘Ali Baysunghur Album th 15 century, Central Asia Topkapi Palace Museum

Al-GhazaliAl-GhazaliAl-GhazaliAl-Ghazali 2010-11 Rasheed Araeen (b. 1935 Karachi, Pakistan) Acrylic on canvas

Poet Turning Into Heech Parviz Tanavoli (b. Iran 1937) Canada, 2007, Bronze

Majnun in the Wilderness second half 16th century, Iran MMA 45.174.6

Calligraphic ‘Alams Golconda, 17th century Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.163-1913) Ashmolean Museum (EA1994.45)

The Invisible Masters Rachid Koraichi (b.1947, Aïn Beïda, Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria) 2008 Courtesy of October Gallery photo by Jonathan Greet

Winner of Jameel Prize 2011

Invisible Masters Rachid Koraïchi Cotton appliqué 2008

Salome 1993 Rachid Koraichi (b. 1947, Algeria) Gold and indigo on handwoven silk

Banner Turkey, 1819, MMA 1976.312

Dubai Metro carriage Rachid Koraichi 2015

Your Way Begins on the Other Side Aisha Khalid 2014 Aga Khan Museum, Toronto

Loss of Our Identity 2007 Sadegh Tirafkan, (b. Iraq 1965-2013)

Lacquered bookbinding with battle scenes from the Shahnama Iran, Isfahan; 1274 H = 1857-1858 David Collection, Copenhagen 3/2010

Loss of Our Identity 2007 Sadegh Tirafkan, (b. Iraq 1965-2013)

Divan of Hafiz Binding Harvard Art Museum 1964.149

Loss of Our Identity 2007 Sadegh Tirafkan, (b. Iraq 1965-2013)

Fashion Week Maxiture series. 2011 Soody Sharifi (b. Iran, 1955) Courtesy of Galerie Kashya Hildebrand

Zal Consults the Magis Shahnama 1970.301.8

Divine Rebellion Shirin Neshat, (b. 1957 Iran) 2012 From “The Book of Kings”

Shirin Neshat, The Book of Kings series, 2012

Women of Allah (1993-1997) Shirin Neshat

Rostam 2—The Return 2010 Siamak Filizadeh (b.1970, Iran)

"Surkha Captured by Faramarz is Condemned by Rustam” 1970.301.31

Rostam 2—The Return 2010 Siamak Filizadeh (b.1970, Iran)

Rostam 2—The Return 2010 Siamak Filizadeh (b.1970, Iran)

Zal and the Simurgh Shahnama Ebrahimi Family Collection

Spring Time From The Lost Paintings Series 2013 Taner Ceylan, (b. 1967 Selb, Germany) Oil on canvas

1881 From The Lost Paintings Series Taner Ceylan, (b.1967 Selb, Germany) 2010 Oil on Canvas

Magnificent Century

Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana) “La Sultana Rossa” Titian (1490–1576) 1550s Oil on canvas

1553 From the Lost Paintings Series Taner Ceylan, 2013. Istanbul Museum of Modern Art

1923 From the Lost Painting series Taner Ceylan, (b.1967 Selb, Germany) 2010 Oil on canvas

“And How Many Rains Must Fall Before the Stains Are Washed Clean” Imran Qureshi, Roof Garden Commission Metropolitan Museum, 2013

Imran Qureshi Singapore Biennale 2006

Imran Qureshi Aga Khan Museum, Toronto 2014

Moderate Enlightenment (2006) Imran Qureshi (b. 1972, Pakistan) Gouache on wasli

Perilous Order Shahzia Sikander (b. 1969, Pakistan) Vegetable color, dry pigment, watercolor, tea, on hand-prepared wasli paper, 1997

Krishna and the Gopis 1991.94

Damien Hirst Spot Paintings, 1986-2011

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi to Kings St. Petersburg Album, 1620s Freer Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C. F. 1942.15a

Oil and Sugar 2007 Kader Attia (b.1970, France) Video installation

Message/Messenger Abdulnasser Gharem (b. 1973, Saudi Arabia) 2010

Istanbul Contrast Dice Kayek, 2010 Jameel prize 3 winner

Hagia Sophia Dress Dice Kayek White satin coat covered with complex, handstitched embroidery and ancient glass beads, in patterns inspired by Byzantine mosaics. •

''Dome 2'' Dress Dice Kayek Light-weight cotton organdie folded to echo the ribs of the city’s mosques

Brooch Made by JAR Gold, set with emerald, diamonds, rubies, rock crystal and white agate Paris 2002 Al- Thani Collection, Qatar

1001 Pages Afruz Amighi (b 1974, Iran) Jameel Prize winner 2009 Courtesy of Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Muhaqqaq script Qur’an Late 14th c. Samarqand, Uzbekistan 21.26.13

Tajvid Red, from the series Recitation Pouran Jinchi, (b. Iran, 1959), Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University 2010.042

Bruised 1

The Pink Painting

Pouran Jinchi 2014 Transfer paper

Pouran Jinchi 2013 Ink on Canvas

Preface to the Third Edition Aiguièrre Walid Raad (b. 1967 Lebanon) 2009 Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment, 2013

Rock Crystal Ewer Fatimid, 10th century MR 333

A Mamluk steel helmet, Egypt, late 15th century

Preface to the third edition Chapitau 2012 Walid Raad Walid Raad (b. 1967 Lebanon) Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.

Pyxis of al-Mughira, c. 968 AD, carved ivory, Musée de Louvre, Paris,

Umayyad marble capital, Cordoba, Spain, Period of Al-Hakam II (961-976 AD)

Preface to the third edition Tete 2012 Walid Raad Walid Raad (b. 1967 Lebanon) Bottle mid-14th century Syria or Egypt MOA 3365

Ewer 11-13th century Musée du Louvre, MAO 442