Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond

Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond presents 75 works by women artists who were born, or live in, what can broadly be termed Islamic societies. Their art depicts a breadth of often ideologically conceived women's imagery, bearing witness to rapidly shifting political developments and often accelerated social transformations taking place in lands extending from Africa to Western and Central Asia, as well as in diasporic communities. Across generations and working in different media, the artists share a common sense of identity not exclusively "Middle Eastern" but certainly female.