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Prognosis/Saudi Arabia (An Artist's Odyssey)
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Product Details
Author:
Ahmed Mater, Gilles Kepel, Stephen Stapleton, Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
Format:
Hardcover
Publisher:
Booth-Clibborn Editions (October 20, 2026)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781861543875
ISBN-10:
1861543875
File:
Eloquence-HNA_04022026_P9908424_onix30_Complete-20260401.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$80.00
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$61.60
Publisher Identifier:
P-ABRAMS
Discount Code:
A
Pages:
600
Release Date:
October 20, 2026
Dimensions:
8.6667" x 10.667"
Audience:
General/trade
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
Booth-Clibborn Editions
Weight:
36oz
Overview
Saudi Arabia’s foremost contemporary artist explores the story of his homeland since 1979—its politics, theocracy, petroculture, technologies, urban and rural communities, and its future—in a visual history encompassing his artwork and autobiography
Prognosis/Saudi Arabia explores Ahmed Mater’s life and work against the backdrop of 40 years of transformation and conflict across the Arab and Islamic world. A doctor-turned-artist, Mater has continually confronted his traditional context, exploring Islamic culture in an era of globalization and conflict to uncover the unofficial histories that have shaped the present. Mapping his life and work on a historical timeline, the book offers an unprecedented insight into changes forged by and in the kingdom, and its significance in world religion, culture, and geopolitics. From the year of his birth in 1979, when Islamic revolution reconfigured the region, his training as a community doctor on the Saudi/Yemeni border, and his rise as one of the Gulf’s most radical young artists to his insider’s role influencing national cultural policy, Prognosis/Saudi Arabia is a complex artistic journey into one of the most talked-about societies on earth. Through his personal and historical archives, Mater has created a book that gets to the very heart of contemporary Saudi society, its origins, and its uncertain future. Celebrating 20 years of Mater’s art-making, organizing, and activism, this book is not only a mid-career survey of an essential artist, but it is also an urgent prognosis of a society in dramatic transition.
Prognosis/Saudi Arabia explores Ahmed Mater’s life and work against the backdrop of 40 years of transformation and conflict across the Arab and Islamic world. A doctor-turned-artist, Mater has continually confronted his traditional context, exploring Islamic culture in an era of globalization and conflict to uncover the unofficial histories that have shaped the present. Mapping his life and work on a historical timeline, the book offers an unprecedented insight into changes forged by and in the kingdom, and its significance in world religion, culture, and geopolitics. From the year of his birth in 1979, when Islamic revolution reconfigured the region, his training as a community doctor on the Saudi/Yemeni border, and his rise as one of the Gulf’s most radical young artists to his insider’s role influencing national cultural policy, Prognosis/Saudi Arabia is a complex artistic journey into one of the most talked-about societies on earth. Through his personal and historical archives, Mater has created a book that gets to the very heart of contemporary Saudi society, its origins, and its uncertain future. Celebrating 20 years of Mater’s art-making, organizing, and activism, this book is not only a mid-career survey of an essential artist, but it is also an urgent prognosis of a society in dramatic transition.
