Friday 1 September 2006, 18.30–19.30

This discussion is focused on the response of Western artists to the presence of Muslims and Islamic artefacts throughout the history of Western culture. The exhibit East-West: Objects Between Cultures and the programme surrounding it constitute a dialogue between the two cultures. What has been the response of Western artists to the presence of Muslims and Islamic artefacts throughout this history? Has the underlying aesthetics of Muslim cultures influenced Western practice? Does this exhibition provide a unique contemporary reading of history and globalisation, or something else?

Advisor on the exhibition and art historian Lisa Jardine discusses East-West: Objects Between Cultures with Reina Lewis, Artscom Centenary Professor in Fashion Studies at the London College of Fashion; Jatinder Verma, director and founder of the original British Asian arts and theatre company Tara Arts; and Yahya Birt, Research Fellow at the Islamic Foundation Leicester.

Tate Britain  Auditorium
Free, no bookings taken

    

This event is related to the East-West: Objects Between Cultures exhibition