Arabic paintings are probably not very well known to most of us that show human figures. And it's rather unlikely to think that they would even represent bodies and nudes! However, this is changing in the contemporary and modern Islamic art. The Arab World Institute is currently hosting an exhibition entitled "Le corps découvert (the unveiled body)" that invites the public to discover a century of Arabic paintings, photographies, drawings, lithographies, sculptures and videos that glorify the human bodies from an Islamic angle. Seventy artists are part of this ambitious show with several themes that praise the bodies, their beauties, their suffering, their different states and as witness of the memories. Do you think you know your body well enough? Maybe this exhibition, until July 15th, 2012, will allow you to discover, appreciate and learn about your body even more.
1 rue Fossé St Bernard 75005 PARIS
T. +33 (0)1 40 51 38 38
(M) Jussieu on line 7 or 10
Tue - Fri from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sat - Sun from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Entrance: 12,20 €
This is the exhibition poster that is around Paris subway stations now
The curator Mrs. Hoda Makram-Ebeid talking about the history of the artworks in this exhibition
Photo/Video sources: institutedumondearabe/artemediachannel
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