Nabil Anani is one of the most prominent Palestinian artists working
today. A painter, ceramicist and sculptor, he has built an impressive
catalogue of outstanding, innovative and unique art over the past five
decades, pioneering the use of local media such as leather, henna,
natural dyes, papier-mâché, wood, beads and copper.
Considered by many as a key founder of the contemporary Palestinian art
movement, Anani's development as an artist has run in parallel with
major events in recent Palestinian history. His work reflects the lived
Palestinian experience, exhibiting distinctive responses to issues of
exile, dislocation, conflict, memory and loss. Anani's artistic vision
restores and celebrates a denied and often-forgotten reality, his work
re-igniting memory.
Bringing together more than 150 of Nabil Anani's works, this monograph
also includes contributions from acclaimed Palestinian poet Mourid
Barghouti as well as from leading Middle Eastern art historians, Rana
Anani, Lara Khaldi, Bashir Makhoul, Nada Shabout, Housni Alkhateeb
Shehadeh and Tina Sherwell.