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AN ARTIST'S ODYSSEY

TEXT AND ART BY AHMED MATER, EDITED BY EDITED BY EDWARD BOOTH-CLIBBORN & STEPHEN STAPLETON; CONVERSATION WITH GILLES KEPEL

An insider’s view of Saudi Arabia through art, social transformation, environment, faith, urbanism, and history

A richly illustrated and superbly designed book, Prognosis explores 40 years of seismic change in one of the most complex and little–understood countries on earth. Through his personal and historical archives, Ahmed Mater has created a book that gets to the very heart of Saudi Arabia, its origins and its uncertain future. Mater has continuously confronted his traditional background, uncovering the unofficial histories that have shaped the present. His work expands on broader ideas of Islamic culture in an era of globalization and reflects on the region in the context of wider 21st century narratives. Mapping his life and work from Abha to Jeddah, Mecca and Riyadh, the book offers an unprecedented insight into changes forged by and in Saudi Arabia, and its significance in world religion, culture, and geopolitics. From Ahmed Mater’s training as a community doctor on the Saudi–Yemeni border to his rise as Saudi Arabia’s most radical young artist to his insider role in cultural policy, Prognosis is a revelatory artistic journey into one of the most talked–about societies on earth.

Physician–turned–artist Ahmed Mater is one of the most significant cultural voices documenting contemporary Saudi Arabia. One of the most significant Arab artists of the 21st century A visual odyssey through Saudi Arabia that places the author’s life and work within a remarkable historical context Explores religion, oil, geopolitics, and society through art Captures the country’s changes from the 1979 Islamic Revolution to the present moment of major social transformation

SPECIFICATIONS

*800 color illustrations

*444 pages *WIDTH: 9 2/3" - 245mm *HEIGHT: 11 3/4" - 298mm

*Hardcover

PUB MONTH: SEPTEMBER

ISBN 978-1-86154-387-5

US $80.00 CAN $100.00 ËxHSLIQBy543875z