Tarek Al-Ghoussein, In Absentia (Arabic)

A Palestinian born in Kuwait and based in the UAE, much of Tarek Al-Ghoussein's work deals with how his identity is shaped in a context of inaccessibility and loss. In many of his photographs the artist is dwarfed by a vast desert landscape, reconstructing allegories for the obstacles, barricades and walls erected in the Occupied Territories. The book includes a foreword by Jack Persekian as well as several commissioned essays by several key writers: Hamid Dabashi, Emily Jacir, Suzanne Cotter, Antonia Carver and Kevin Mitchell. This hard-cover book has 150 pages and over 60 full cover plates.

In Absentia (in Arabic) was published with the support of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. This hard-cover book has 150 pages and over 60 full cover plates. In Absentia was launched during Al-Ghoussein’s exhibition at The Third Line in February 2009.

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Published by The Third Line

ISBN-13: 978-9812458056

Arabic

Hardcover, 2009