Light from the Middle East: New Photography
Light from the Middle East: New Photography is the first major museum exhibition of contemporary photography from and about the Middle East.
Featuring more than 90 works by some of the most exciting artists from the region, spanning North Africa to Central Asia, the exhibition focused on the Middle East, part of a unique collaboration between the British Museum and the V&A and supported by the Art Fund.
In development since 2009, the Collection was built in response to a surge of interest in the visual arts in the region, beginning to remedy the underrepresentation of Middle Eastern photography in UK collections.
Light from the Middle East: New Photography is curated by Marta Weiss, Curator of Photographs at the V&A. “In the past few years contemporary photographic practice from and about the Middle East has been some of the most exciting, innovative and varied art anywhere in the world. The exhibition will celebrate the creative and sophisticated ways that contemporary artists use photography to respond to the complexities of the Middle East” – said Weiss.
The exhibition takes place in the Porter Gallery and will run until 7 April 2013.
