Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art

Foreword, Wendy M. K. Shaw Introduction (Onur OEztuerk, Xenia Gazi and Sam Bowker); Part 1: Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art in Scholarship; 1. Deconstructing the Myths and Mysteries of the Mosque: West African Marginality, Transculturation, Vernacularization (Cleo Cantone); 2. Cross-culturation with Classical Hellenism in Late Antique Arabia (Juan de Lara); 3. Debunking the Regionalistic Myth in the Discourse on Islamic Ornament (Valerie Gonzalez); 4. The Islam in Europe Exhibition and the World of Islam Festival: Curatorial Aporia and Failure as Methodology (Nur Sobers-Khan); 5. Fiber Fragments: The Divided Histories of Textiles from the Islamic World (Patricia Blessing); Part 2: Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art in Museums and Classrooms; 6. Influencing Presentation and Interpretation of Islamic Art in Museum Settings: The Myths of Inclusivity, Didacticism, and Provincialism (Xenia Gazi); 7. Approaches to Arts of Asia and Islamic Cultures in Mid-Atlantic Museums (Ashley Dimmig); 8. Islamic Art Exhibition, Orientalism, and Contemporary Socio-politics: Demystifying Connections (Melissa M. Forstrom); 9. Decolonizing and Demystifying Islamic Art in American Undergraduate Education (Onur OEztuerk); 10. The Myth of Center and Periphery (Sam Bowker); Part 3: Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art in Contemporary Art Practice; 11. Translating Mughal History: Hamra Abbas and the Contemporary Miniature (Karen Greenwalt); 12. A 'Layered Lens' on the Arts of the Islamic World in the Contemporary Pacific (Leslee Katrina Michelsen); 13. Gen Y Speaks: Performing and Unfolding Identity in the Work of Australian Muslim Artists (Hamida Novakovich); 14. Deconstructing Myths via Performance Strategies: Experiences of a Contemporary Practitioner (Sami Ismat); Conclusion (Onur OEztuerk, Xenia Gazi, and Sam Bowker)