Palestinian Artists and the Biennial, from “Baghdad 1974
A Summary of the First Arab Biennial of Fine Arts”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22008377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toni Maraini (corresponding author) |
| Translators | Alessandra Amin |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 116-118 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARTMargins (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2162-2574 • E-ISSN: 2162-2582 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/artm_a_00368 |
| OpenAlex | W4389109425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In 1974, Moroccan cultural journal Intégral published a special edition on the first Arab biennial of visual arts, which had just taken place in Baghdad. The two documents translated here come from this special edition, and both of them deal with the Palestinian presence at the landmark exhibition. Moroccan artist Mohamad Chebaa and Italian-Moroccan art historian Toni Maraini each consider Palestine an ideal arena for the development of decolonial “combat art,” but express disappointment with its pavilion's emphasis on folk idioms over images of armed struggle. The introduction to these documents situates them in relation to Moroccan and Palestinian discourses surrounding heritage and colonialism, arguing that the Palestinian context erodes the distinction between “folk” and “combat” art in ways foreign to the Casablanca-based intellectuals
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Cultural heritage · Disappointment · Exhibition · Fine art · History of art · Palestine · Pavilion · The arts · Visual arts · History · Middle East Politics and Society · North African History and Literature · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |