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Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary

Curated by Sascha Crasnow
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Friday, March 31, 2023
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
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Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj
Building: East Quadrangle
Website:
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Event Type: Exhibition
Tags: Activism, Arab, arab american studies, Art, artists, artists and curators, arts, arts at michigan, Arts of Islam, center for middle eastern and north african studies, Community, cultural, Culture, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Education, Faculty, Free, Global Islamic Studies, History, Humanities, Inclusion, Interdisciplinary, International, Islamic Art, islamic studies, LGBT, Middle East Studies, Multicultural, Muslim, Muslim Identity, Social, Social Impact, Social Justice, Undergraduate Students, Visual Arts, Women's Studies
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Residential College, Arts at Michigan, Department of Middle East Studies, Women's and Gender Studies Department, Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design, Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)
Upcoming Dates:
Friday, March 31, 2023 10:00 AM-5:00 PM  (Last)
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