Art and Its Objects

A new educational publishing initiative that releases two titles a year. For each Notebook a well known artist, curator or critic select five short texts that they have identified as fundamental to their creative development. These are then translated into Arabic, in most cases for the first time, and the resultant Notebook is distributed for free to artistic communities in Iraq and the wider Middle East. The aim of the project is to provide resources to schools, communities and individuals who have previously had little or no access to educational art texts. The first title in the series is Art and Its Objects: 5 essays on contemporary art selected by Jonathan Watkins. Jonathan Watkins is Director of Ikon Gallery in Birmingham and a collaborator of the RuyaFoundation. His Ruya Notebook includes a new introductory essay by Watkins entitled `Art and its Objects¿