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I find the definition traditional

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Islamic art or contemporary Islamic art

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or just Islamic art to be problematic

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and a misnomer as it encompasses far too

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much to be an apt representation of any

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sort Muslim communities have varied

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histories and geographical locations

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that challenge singular definitions if

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traditional Islamic God's implication is

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all of the art made by artists and

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artisans who may or may have not

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practiced Islam but were part of Islamic

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cultures over several centuries and over

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large geographical territories then

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reducing such enormous complexity into a

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definition such as llama cart is

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confounding as well as in today's

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transnational ways of living and being

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such a framework feels even more

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restrictive on the other hand a quest to

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define an Islamic identity in the

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contemporary visual context may also be

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a paradox in of itself

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the projection of the multi-armed female

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form is a metaphor for doris tube

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herself mythical majestic monumental

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rising from the Mughals sweet looming

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over shangri-la overlooking the

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formidable Pacific where her ashes were

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sprinkled the paradox of shangri-la is

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omnipresent with its American

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orientalism stunning craft work and

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collections from many Muslim cultures it

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is engaging while full of contradiction

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you