Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century sculpture in the the Arabian Peninsula: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula - Hardcover

Dercon, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861543387 ISBN 13: 9781861543387

Publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2015

Synopsis

40 years ago, Jeddah mayor Mohamed Said Farsi transformed his city through an urban development scheme that placed contemporary art at its core. This was public art on a grand scale, designed 'to bring delight to the citizen, to give a sense of wonder and stir a sense of history'. Works were commissioned from the world's greatest sculptors and this book documents the restoration and relocation of some 26 major works to a new Open Air Museum. It allows the world a unique glimpse into a city not easily visited and shows Saudi Arabia as a place of vision and innovation in art.

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Review:

"As Ahmed Mater's photographs in the book Sculptures of Jeddah show, this ancient city near Mecca is the home to one of the world's most spectacular arrays of open-air modern sculpture. ... Victor Vassarely, Joan Miro, Jean Arp - they all got the call from Jeddah." --Jonathan Jones, The Guardian

About the Author:

Edward Booth Clibborn has edited and published many books, including The History of the Saatchi Gallery, Edge of Arabia and The Splendor of Iran.

About this edition

• Publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1861543387
• ISBN 13: 9781861543387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282