Picturing Islam
Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld
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Beschreibung
Indonesian painter Abdul Djalil Pirous's pioneering advances in abstract modernism and modern Islamic aesthetics have established him as a leading figure in the world of Asian art. In Picturing Islam, cultural anthropologist Kenneth George explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of this original contemporary artist. Working in close collaboration with Pirous, George tells a captivating story about this painter's pursuit of a political, religious, and artistic identity as it emerged over the course of modern Indonesian history -- from a time of revolution and anti-colonial struggle to the current period of post-authoritarian hope and uncertainty. Along the way, George reveals the artist's anguished paintings and reflections on the culture of violence that Indonesia unleashed in his ethnic homeland of Aceh, as well as his embrace of Islamic aesthetics and ethics as a way to resist being defined by globalized art styles and discourses emanating from the West.
While providing a compelling and richly drawn portrait of an individual artist, Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld also contributes to a deeper understanding of the cultural politics of Asia's postcolonial art world as well as the creative and ethical sensibilities of its Muslim artists.
Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous.
* Presents a unique addition to the anthropology of art and religion
* Demonstrates the impact of Islam, ethnicity, nationalism, and globalization on the work and life of an internationally recognized postcolonial artist
* Weaves together visual and narrative materials to tell an engrossing story of a cosmopolitan Muslim artist
* Looks at contemporary Islamic art and the way it has been produced in the world's largest Muslim nation, Indonesia
Autor*in
Kenneth M. George
Themen in »Picturing Islam«
Anthropologie Anthropology Art & Applied Arts Ethik Islam Kunst Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst Religion & Culture Religion & Theology Religion u. Kultur Religion u. Theologie Social & Cultural Anthropology Soziale u. kulturelle Anthropologie