Woodman Taylor collection

Call Number

AD.MC.079

Date

2011-2019, inclusive

Creator

Taylor, Woodman

Extent

1.67 Linear Feet

in 4 archival file boxes.

Language of Materials

English , Arabic .

Abstract

Printed material related to art exhibitions, art organizations, and related activities, in the United Arab Emirates, collected by educator and art historian Woodman Taylor. Includes exhibition catalogs, exhibition guides and maps, brochures, and issues of serial publications.

Biographical note

Woodman Taylor is an art historian and curator who specializes in South Asian and Islamic art. He lived in the United Arab Emirates from 2012-2020, and during that time served on the faculty of the American University of Dubai from 2012 to 2018, as a professor of art history, as well as chairing the Department of Visual Communication. From 2018-2020, he served as a consultant on several projects, including at Zayed University and New York University Abu Dhabi.

While in the UAE, he took an active interest in the local art scene, and developed an expertise and interest in photography that led him to co-found the journal "Tribe: Photography and New Media from the Arab World," published in Dubai.

Prior to his work in the UAE, Taylor served on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago as an assistant professor of art history (1996-2006), as assistant curator for South Asian and Islamic art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (2006-2008), and director of development for the South-East Asia Center in Chicago (2008-2012), among other positions.

Taylor earned a bachelors degree in Asian history and ethnomusicology from Wesleyan College, a masters in information science from Simmons College in Boston, and a masters and doctorate in art history from the University of Chicago.

Arrangement

In most series, the arrangement is chronological by date of art exhibition.

Content Description

The Woodman Taylor collection consists of printed material related to art exhibitions, art organizations, and related activities, in the United Arab Emirates, collected by educator and art historian Woodman Taylor. The collection includes exhibition catalogs, exhibition guides and maps, brochures, and issues of serial publications.

Most of the material in this collection was acquired by Taylor while he lived and worked in the United Arab Emirates from 2012-2020. While not meant to be a comprhensive collection, it nevertheless provides a glimpse of the vibrant arts scene during that time, as experienced by Taylor through exhibitions at museums and galleries, and other arts-related events that he attended.

Representation is particularly strong for exhibitions hosted by the Sharjah Arts Foundation, but also includes materials from other arts organizations based in Sharjah, such as the Maraya Art Centre and Barjeel Foundation. Also represented are several galleries from Dubai's Alserkal Avenue, along with other events and venues in Dubai. In addition, a few venues in Abu Dhabi are included as well, including the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery and Zayed University.

Most of the exhibition catalogs, booklets, and maps are bilingual, printed in both Arabic and English.

Subjects

Organizations

Sharjah Art Foundation

People

Taylor, Woodman (Role: Former owner)

Topics

Art, Modern -- United Arab Emirates -- 21st century -- Exhibitions

Conditions governing access

The collection is open for use in the Reading Room of the Archives and Special Collections department of the NYU Abu Dhabi Library.

Conditions governing use

This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Preferred citation

Identification of item, date; Woodman Taylor collection; MC.079; box number; folder number or item identifier; Archives and Special Collections, New York University Abu Dhabi Library.

Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of Woodman Taylor, 2019-2020.

Separated materials

Several exhibition catalogs and other publications have been cataloged separately, and are searchable in the library catalog of New York University Abu Dhabi.

Collection processed by

Brad Bauer

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 18:20:07 +0400.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing information

Processed by Brad Bauer, May 2021.

Repository

NYU Abu Dhabi, Archives and Special Collections

Lara Favaretto. Just Knocked Out (Beit al Serkal, Sharjah), 15 Dec 2012 - 6 Feb 2013, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Ahmed Mater. 100 Found Objects (SAF Art Spaces, Sharjah), 22 Feb - 22 May 2014, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Rasheed Araeen. Before and After Minimalism. Curated by Hoor al Qasimi (SAF Art Spaces), 13 March - 13 June 2014, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Do it [bil 'arabee] (Bait al Shamsi, Sharjah), 23 Jan - 23 April 2016, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Kamal Youssef: Egyptian Surrealism's Time Capsule. Curated by Hoor al Qasimi and Salah Hassan (Sharjah Art Museum), 17 September - 17 November 2016, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 17 (Material Type: Text)

Robert Breer. Time Flies. Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi (The Flying Saucer, Sharjah), 1 October 2016 - 9 January 2017, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Ahmed Morsi. A Dialogic Imagination (Sharjah Art Museum), 1 March - 3 June 2017, inclusive

box: 1, folder: 19 (Material Type: Text)

Latif Al Ani. Through the Lens, 1953-1979 (Gallery 4, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah), 16 March - 16 June 2018, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

March Meeting: Active Forms. Curated by Reem Shadid (Dar al Nadwa, Calligraphy Square, Sharjah), 17-19 March 2018, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Ala Younis. Steps Toward the Impossible (Gallery 6, Al Mureijah Square), 29 September 2018 - 5 January 2019, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Frank Bowling. Mappa Mundi (Gallery 6, Al Mureijah Square), 29 September 2018 - 5 January 2019, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Amal Kenawy. Frozen Memory (Bait al Serkal, Arts Square, Sharjah), 3 November 2018 - 19 January 2019, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Vantage Point Sharjah 2019 (Gallery ½, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah), 6 July - 6 October 2019, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Adam Henein. Lasting Impressions (Sharjah Art Museum), 21 September - 16 November 2019, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Air Arabia Curator in Residence--'32: The Rescore (Gallery 6, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah), 27 September 2019 - 5 January 2020, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Akram Zaatari. Against Photography (Gallery 3/4 , Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah), 27 September 2019 - 10 January 2020, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

March Project 2019. (Bait Obaid al Shamsi, Calligraphy Square and Bait al Hurma in Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah), 12 October 2019 - 20 January 2020,, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Zayed University, 2014-2017, inclusive

Showcase: Senior Exhibition 2017. College of Arts and Creative Enterprises (CACE), Zayed University. Exhibition Catalog. [exhibition at Manarat al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 25 April - 7 May 2017, and d3 Dubai Design District, 9-12 May 2017 ](Zayed University, 2017). [book: open shelves]

ISEA 2014. Location: The 20th International Symposium on Electronic Art. (Catalog), 30 October - 8 November 2014, inclusive

box: 2, folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Various: Abu Dhabi, 2017-2019, inclusive

Community and Critique: Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship, Cohort 5. Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi. (with post cards and brochures from Warehouse 421)., 2017-2018, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Warehouse 421. Assorted postcards, 2017-2018, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Zayed: The Soft Power. [Exhibition Guide] ADMAF Pavilion at Abu Dhabi Art 2018, Manarat al Saadiyat, 14 -17 November 2018, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Structures of Meaning, Architectures of Perception: Abu Dhabi Art 2018 Gateway. Curated by Hammad Nasar and Sophie Persson. Manarat al Saadiyat. Exhibition Booklet, 14 November 2018 - 26 January 2019, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Letters. Abu Dhabi. [n.l.]., 14 November 2018 - 26 January 2019, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Abdul Qader Al Rais: 50 Years of Art. Manarat al Saadiyat [exhibition guide, Arabic and English], 20 December 2018 - 23 March 2019, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Culture Summit 2019. Abu Dhabi. [program]

box: 3, folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Various: Dubai, 2011-2019, inclusive

The Farjam Collection: Islamic Art Exhibition, Undated, circa 2009

box: 3, folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Edge of Arabia Dubai presents: terminal, exhibition passport; DIFC, Dubai, March-April 2011, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

This momentary (Al Khor series). Reem Falakanaz [booklet, published under Sikka Art Fair], 2013

box: 3, folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Sikka [event program, Dubai Art Season], 15 - 25 March 2014, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Kazem, Mohammed. Sound of Objects, Gallery Isabel van den Eynde, Dubai, 3 November 2014 - 4 January 2015, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)

UFO Hunters, by Mehreen Murtaza. [Booklet commissioned to accompany the art project Deep Earth Object, 2015. Installation at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai], 16 March - 16 May 2015, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

Jean-Paul Najar Foundation (Alserkal Avenue): various brochures, 2016 and undated

box: 3, folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Is Old Gold? Curated by Cristiana de Marchi and Muhanad Ali. The Gallery of Light, Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre [exhibition guide], February 21 - April 7, 2017, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Artmap . No. 27. (Dubai: Dubai Culture?), February - August 2018, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Field Meeting Take 6: Thinking Collections. Curated by Leeza Ahmady. Asia Contemporary Art Week / Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. [Event program], January 25 - 26, 2019, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 17 (Material Type: Text)

Get Closer: GPP Photoweek 2019 [event program], February 4 - 9, 2019, inclusive

box: 3, folder: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: The Space Between the Eyelid and the Eyeball. [gallery brochure]. Lawrie Shabibi, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai., 5 March - 9 May 2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

"School is a Factory?" Global Art Forum. Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah, March 20-21, 2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Exit from the Entrance. Shreyas Karie. [exhibition guide], May 15 - July 31, 2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Altered Inheritances: Home is a Foreign Place. Shilka Gupta and Zarina. [exhibition guide], March 18 - July 13, 2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Fazal Rizvi. This is a Mirage, an Image, a Monument, or a Shrine. [exhibition guide]., September 2019

box: 4, folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Body Building. Curated by Nada Raza. Ishara Art Foundation / Alserkal Avenue., September 12 - December 14, 2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Various: Sharjah, 2014-2019, and undated, inclusive

The Present: Contemporary Art from the Emirates. Curated by Noor Al Suwaidi. Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah [exhibition catalog], undated, circa 2012

box: 4, folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Wafaa Bilal. The Hierarchy of Being. Curated by Sara Raza. Sharjah: Maraya Art Centre, undated, circa 2013

box: 4, folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Islamopolitan. Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah,, undated, circa 2014

box: 4, folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Modes and Methods: an exhibition of UAE artists. Barjeel Art Foundation / Google House, Sharjah. [Exhibition guide], May 6 - 7, 2014, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)

Lasting Impressions: Noor Ali Rashid. Sharjah Art Museum. [exhibition brochure], October 22 - December 6, 2014, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 11 (Material Type: Text)

Ministry of Graphic Design. Fikra Design Biennial 01. Sharjah. [exhibition brochure/map], November 9 - 30, 2018, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 12 (Material Type: Text)

The Africa Institute Newsletter, Issue No. 1. [guide to events], Autumn 2018 - Spring 2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 13 (Material Type: Text)

"Some of those Mysteries." Nujoom Al Ghanem. Islamic Arts Festival, 21st Edition, Sharjah., Undated, 2018-2019, inclusive

box: 4, folder: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Various: venues outside of the United Arab Emirates, 2012-2019, inclusive

Atul Bhalla. What Will Be My Defeat? (Hamburg: Free River Zone Hamburg), 2012

box: 4, folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Binary States: an exhibition celebrating overlapping elements in Emirati-Indian cultures, Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Kochi, Kerala, India), 2016

box: 4, folder: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Thought is also a Matter. Curator: Raju Sutar. Kochi-Muziris Biennale [exhibition guide]. Kochi, Kerala, India., 2018

box: 4, folder: 17 (Material Type: Text)

Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World. Curators: Janet Bellotto and Dr. Woodman Taylor. American University Museum, Washington, DC [exhibition brochures], 2018

box: 4, folder: 18 (Material Type: Text)

American University Beirut. The Permanent Collection. [exhibition guide], undated, circa 2018

box: 4, folder: 19 (Material Type: Text)

Cut/Gash/Slash. Adachi Masao: A Militant Theory of Landscape. Curated by Octavian Esanu and Go Hirakawa. American University of Beirut [exhibition guide], March 2019

box: 4, folder: 20 (Material Type: Text)

Various: serial publications, 2012-2018, inclusive

The State: Vol. 1: Voicings / articulations / utterances. The State, Dubai., Spring 2012

box: 4, folder: 21 (Material Type: Text)

Di'van: a Journal of Accounts. No. 5. (Sydney: Divan Art Journal and University of NSW). ISSN 2207-1563, December 2018

box: 4, folder: 22 (Material Type: Text)

Gagoue, Louis Philippe de. The Ivory Coast. Brownbook (insert), undated

box: 4, folder: 23 (Material Type: Text)