{"product_id":"66281-etel-adnan","title":"Etel Adnan","description":"The life and work of the poet, artist, and philosopher Etel Adnan express a profound, lived exchange between Arab and Western cultures. The impressions from her life between Lebanon, France, and California, as well as her travels to Mexico and North Africa, are reflected in an impressive openness to different art forms and languages—both literary and visual. At the same time, war, exile, and colonial experiences shaped her: as a result of the Algerian War of Independence, she refused to continue writing in French out of solidarity with Algeria—she began to paint, using the poetry of vibrant colors as a universal language. In parallel, Adnan discovered the leporello: the world between the book covers unfolds into meter-long, densely woven tapestries of poetry and painting, calligraphy, and drawing. \u003cbr\u003e This catalog, published alongside the first major exhibition in Saudi Arabia, opens new perspectives on Adnan's moving biography and brings together a large number of works from all creative phases, highlighting the richness and diversity of Adnan's oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eETEL ADNAN's (1925–2021) highly acclaimed work is characterized by an engaged and open-minded engagement with the world. Born in Beirut to a Greek mother and a father from Damascus, she grew up in the multicultural environment of Lebanon, then under French control. She studied philosophy in Beirut, Paris, and from 1955 in Berkeley and Harvard. From 1958–72, she taught in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she began to paint, inspired by a deeply felt connection to nature. In 1972, Adnan returned to Beirut as a cultural editor. Fleeing the civil war, she moved back to Sausalito, California, in 1977, but remained closely connected to France throughout her life.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49755250327816,"sku":"9783775756600","price":48.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775756600.jpg?v=1768033107","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/66281-etel-adnan","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}