Word: Power and Protection in North Africa

When
Event has passed (Thu Sep 15, 2016 - Mon Jan 9, 2017)
Cost
Free
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Description

In North Africa, Islamized peoples wear, encase, inscribe, and drink the Qur'anic word as a means to access its therapeutic and protective powers. Devotees of Islam consider the Word of God "the greatest of forces" and the Qur'an,which contains these divine words, the most revered and powerful entity. This exhibition explores four key ways artists and their communities have engaged with Arabic script in North Africa and its neighboring regions during the 20th and early 21st centuries. Featured here are Qur'anic boards that transform writing into medicine, a hunter's shirt that shields its wearer from harm, Tuareg amulets that solicit God's assistance for their host, and a photograph by Lalla Essaydi that gives power to nonreligious texts.

More Info

Link
http://museum.stanford.edu
Call
6507234177

Schedule

Cantor Arts Center
328 Lomita Dr
Palo Alto, CA
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  1. Cantor Arts Center
    328 Lomita Dr, Palo Alto, CA