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The Prince Claus Fund Library

Diaspora, Memory, Place

A fascinating presentation and an in-depth analysis of the work of three of the most exciting African diaspora artists of our time; David Hammons, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Pamela Z. read more

Iranian Photography Now

An introduction to the new visual power of Iranian photography. Photographic voices from within Iran and from Iranians who have been living in exile in the last thirty years are presented here as an exciting dialogue. This publication was edited by Rose Issa. read more

Transit Tehran. Young Iran and Its Inspirations

A wide ranging anthology about contemporary Iranian life, featuring reportage, fiction and visual essays — art and photography — by thirty Iranian and international artists, photojournalists, reporters and writers. This publication was edited by Malu Halasa and Maziar Bahari. read more

The secret Life of Syrian lingerie: Intimacy and Design

A previously unknown and unexplored site of Arab design, fashion and sexuality is revealed. The book sheds light on the social mores of Syrians, both Christian and Moslim, and overturns western preconceptions about Islam and the veil. This publication was edited by Malu Halasa and Rana Salam.
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Hidden Afghanistan, the Collections of the National Museum Kabul

The catologue was published In conjunction with the exhibition “Hidden Afghanistan” at the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (December 2007 – April 2008). The Dari & Pashtu edition of this catalogue are published as a part of the Prince Claus Fund Library in collaboration with Oxfam Novib. This book gives a breathtaking survey of the rich history and arts of ancient Afghanistan, revealed by a series of great archaeological excavations. Also, special attention is paid to the spectacular story of the evacuation and the return of many objects to the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul. read more

Lida Abdul

This is the first monograph on the work of this exceptional contemporary artist from Afghanistan. Lida Abdul
uses diverse media including video, film, photography, installation and live performance in which she transfers the experience of war, invasion, destruction and fanaticism into the symbolic language of art. read more

Kaveh Golestan 1950-2003,
Recording the Truth in Iran

Kaveh Golestan, the "Robert Capa of Iranian press photography", was the only photojournalist with a continued presence in Iran from before the revolution in 1979 until his premature death from a landmine in Northern Iraq in 2003. His monumental archive covers Iran's major political events as well as life of whole groups of people who were marginalised under the changing regimes. In cooperation with Hatje Cantz publishers, Germany. read more

The Art of African Fashion

The Art of African Fashion (1998) covers contemporary African fashion in the widest sense: clothes, textiles and hair design, body decoration and models. read more

Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes

This book published in 2003 brings together contemporary artists and writers from Africa and the African diaspora whose works trace the fault lines that are shaping contemporary experience locally and globally. read more

The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945–1994

This volume is a broad survey of cultural life in Africa from the independence movements through the post-colonial era to the end of apartheid in 1994. read more

Authentic/Ex-centric: Conceptualism in Contemporary African Art

Authentic/Ex-Centric (2001) posits Africa as the source of many of the ideas
associated with European Modernism. read more

Portrait Photographs from Isfahan: Faces in Transition, 1920–1950

Parisa Damandan spent over ten years accumulating an impressive collection of pioneering photographs from the early 20th century, in her hometown of Isfahan. read more

Against the Wind: Politics of Iranian Cinema

Against the Wind: Politics of Iranian Cinema charts the rise of
contemporary Iran through the movies. read more

Facing Up to the Past: Perspectives on the Commemoration of Slavery from Africa, the Americas and Europe

Facing Up to the Past offers refreshing insights in the manifold ways in which the slave trade and slavery are remembered and commemorated – or suppressed – as part of the national identity in the three continents forever connected by the legacies of this triangular trade. read more

Outlet: Yogyakarta within the Contemporary Indonesian Art Scene

The emergence of contemporary art in Indonesia was
influenced in reaction to the depoliticisation of art in the
mid-1960s and early 1970s. read more

Creating Spaces of Freedom: Culture in Defiance

Creating Spaces of Freedom is an anthology of essays on defiant culture, which contains nearly 100 photographs of news images,
cd and book covers, films, cartoons, websites and art. read more

 

De publicaties van The Prince Claus Fund Library weerspiegelen de doelstellingen van het Prins Claus Fonds, zowel qua inhoud als qua uiterlijk.

De multidisciplinaire boeken in deze serie behandelen een onderwerp dat nog in de kinderschoenen staat en analyseren het plaatselijke effect daarvan in combinatie met de gevolgen voor de rest van de wereld.

De publicaties van The Prince Claus Fund Library hebben een herkenbaar formaat, logo en omslag. De serie bestaat uit analyses van en opvattingen over kunst, cultuur en maatschappelijke betrokkenheid. De titels in de serie verschijnen in het Engels of tweetalig. De Library werkt samen met een aantal uitgevers over de hele wereld.

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