The Jameel Prize 2009

Posted By Editor on Sep 30, 2011 in Arab art, ART, Contemporary and modern art from the Iranian world, Contemporary and modern art from the Turkish world, Contemporary art and modern art from the Middle East & North Africa, Contemporary art from Africa and African communities, Cotemporary art from South Asia and South Asian communities

Jameel Prize curator Tim Stanley, Senior Curator in the V&A’s Asian Department, offers the background to the Jameel Prize after its launch in 2009. By TIM STANLEY On 7 July 2009 the first Jameel Prize was awarded to the artist Afruz Amighi, who was born in Iran in 1974 but who has lived in New York since she was three. Amighi’s winning work, 1001 Pages, is a beautiful shadow piece, made by cutting a complex design into a...