{"product_id":"ashraf-jamal-african-art-the-arak-collection","title":"African Art: The ARAK Collection - Ashraf Jamal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW64446741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW225335307 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003ePlease contact us on our \"Contact Us\" page if the country you wish to have the book shipped to is not available to select. We will need to send you a bespoke shipping cost. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW64446741 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW64446741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}' class=\"EOP SCXW64446741 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}' class=\"EOP SCXW225335307 BCX0\"\u003ePlease note, your order may be subject to import tax if outside the U.K.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW64446741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW225335307 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe definitive and debut publication of the Qatar-based ARAK Collection home to over 4000 works by artists from Sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book features artworks from more than 100 artists in the collection. It serves as an essential framing text for the ARAK Collection and provides a much-needed perspective on contemporary art from the continent. Through the ARAK Collection, one is able to gain a dynamic, collective vision of Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArranged according to the selectively identified themes of Abstraction, Portraiture, and Place, each with an accompanying contextual essay by art critic and cultural theorist Ashraf Jamal, the publication also features short, informative texts on each artist written by Jamal, curator and researcher Nneoma Angela Okorie, and art historian and writer Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough considered editorial decisions and engaging prose, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfrican Art: The ARAK Collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplaces African art, and indeed the continent itself, at the centre of the world, and demonstrates why the rest of the globe is beginning to shift its focus toward the work of African artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAshraf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJamal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Senior Research Associate in the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, University of Johannesburg. He is the former editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt South Africa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt Africa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNneoma Angela Okorie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a curator, writer and researcher currently based in Accra, Ghana. Her curatorial \u0026amp; research practice is centered around exploring new forms of displaying \u0026amp; debating using visual, textual, activations, audio or archival materials. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarnabas Ticha Muvhuti \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a Cape Town based writer and art historian with research interests in the marginalised Black modern artists-cum-teachers in Zimbabwe, and the practices of contemporary artists based on the African continent and its diasporic communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW64446741 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW225335307 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003ePlease contact us on our \"Contact Us\" page if the country you wish to have the book shipped to is not available to select. 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